trilix

Latin

Alternative forms

• trilīcium, trānslīcium, trāslīcium, trālīcium (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From tri- < trēs + līcium (“thread”). Equals τρίμιτος (trímitos).

Adjective

trilīx (genitive trilīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. having triple thread, three-ply

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	trilīx			trilīcēs	trilīcia
Genitive	trilīcis			trilīcium
Dative	trilīcī			trilīcibus
Accusative	trilīcem	trilīx		trilīcēs	trilīcia
Ablative	trilīcī			trilīcibus
Vocative	trilīx			trilīcēs	trilīcia

Descendants

• Catalan: terliç
• Old French: treslis
  • French: treillis
• Friulian: tarlîs
• Italian: traliccio
• Occitan: trelís, trelhís
• Spanish: terliz
• → Basque: terlizá
• → Old High German: drilīh
  • Middle High German: drilich
    • German: Drillich
      • → English: drill

References

• “trilix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “trilix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• trilix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.