trisulcus

Latin

Alternative forms

• trisulcis

Etymology

From tri- +‎ sulcus (“furrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /triˈsul.kus/, [t̪rɪˈs̠ʊɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈsul.kus/, [t̪riˈs̬ulkus]

Adjective

trisulcus (feminine trisulca, neuter trisulcum); first/second-declension adjective

1. having three furrows, cleft in three.
   • c. 90 CE, Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 2.500:

     lumina nube tremunt atque ordine curva trisulco.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	trisulcus	trisulca	trisulcum		trisulcī	trisulcae	trisulca
Genitive	trisulcī	trisulcae	trisulcī		trisulcōrum	trisulcārum	trisulcōrum
Dative	trisulcō		trisulcō		trisulcīs
Accusative	trisulcum	trisulcam	trisulcum		trisulcōs	trisulcās	trisulca
Ablative	trisulcō	trisulcā	trisulcō		trisulcīs
Vocative	trisulce	trisulca	trisulcum		trisulcī	trisulcae	trisulca

Further reading

• “trisulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press