triquetrus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From trēs and maybe Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (“sharp”). Cognate with English whet.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.kʷe.trus/, [ˈt̪rɪkʷɛt̪rʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.kwe.trus/, [ˈt̪riːkwet̪rus]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /triˈkʷet.rus/, [t̪rɪˈkʷɛt̪rʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈkwet.rus/, [t̪riˈkwɛt̪rus]
Adjective edit
triquetrus (feminine triquetra, neuter triquetrum); first/second-declension adjective
- triangular, having three corners
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | triquetrus | triquetra | triquetrum | triquetrī | triquetrae | triquetra | |
| Genitive | triquetrī | triquetrae | triquetrī | triquetrōrum | triquetrārum | triquetrōrum | |
| Dative | triquetrō | triquetrō | triquetrīs | ||||
| Accusative | triquetrum | triquetram | triquetrum | triquetrōs | triquetrās | triquetra | |
| Ablative | triquetrō | triquetrā | triquetrō | triquetrīs | |||
| Vocative | triquetre | triquetra | triquetrum | triquetrī | triquetrae | triquetra | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: triquetre
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 636
Further reading edit
- “triquetrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- triquetrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.