Trigelawus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Triglous, Triglaus

Etymology

Borrowed from Pomeranian, from Proto-Slavic *Trigolvъ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈɡe.la.u̯us/, [t̪rɪˈɡɛɫ̪äu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈd͡ʒe.la.vus/, [t̪riˈd͡ʒɛːlävus]

Proper noun

Trigelawus m sg (genitive Trigelawī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin, Slavic mythology) Triglav (three-headed Slavic deity)
   • a. 1146, Ebbo, Life of Saint Otto, Bishop of Bamberg, quoted in Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa, Julia Mendoza Tuñón, Sandra Romano Martín (translators), Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill, →ISBN:

     Cum vero delubra et effigies idolorum a pio Ottone destruerentur, profani sacerdotes auream imaginem Trigelawi, is qui principaliter ab eis colebatur, furati extra provinciam abduxerunt, et cuidam viduae apud villam modicam degenti, ubi nec spes ulla requirendi esset, ad custodiendum tradiderunt.

     And when the pious Otto destroyed the temples and the images of the idols, the pagan priests stole the golden image of Triglav, which they worshipped as the most important, smuggled it out of the province and delivered it to the safekeeping of a widow who lived on a modest farm, where there was no danger that anybody would come in search of it.

   • 1151, anonymous author, Life of Saint Otto, Bishop of Bamberg, quoted in Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa, Julia Mendoza Tuñón, Sandra Romano Martín (translators), Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill, →ISBN:

     In ea siquidem ciuitate domus duae, continas dixere priores, ingenti cura uel arte constructae, haud grandi ab inuicem interuallo distabant, in quibus ab stulto paganorum populo deus Triglous colebatur. Praeterea et equum formae praestantis, qui dei Trigloi dicebatur, ciues alere consueuerunt.

     For in said city there were two buildings that the elders called continas, for this reason, because they contained the images of the gods, built with great talent and art, that were not far from one another, wherein the ignorant masses of the pagans worshiped the god Triglav. The people also had the custom of rearing a horse with a beautiful figure that was said to be the property of the god Triglav.

   • 1158-1159, Herbord, Dialog on the Life of Saint Otto of Bamberg, quoted in Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa, Julia Mendoza Tuñón, Sandra Romano Martín (translators), Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill, →ISBN:

     Erat autem ibi simulacrum triceps, quod in uno corpore tria capita habens Triglaus uocabatur […]

     There was also a three-headed idol, because to a single body corresponded three heads and it was called Triglav […]

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Trigelawus
genitive	Trigelawī
dative	Trigelawō
accusative	Trigelawum
ablative	Trigelawō
vocative	Trigelawe

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: Триглав (Triglav) (learned)
• → Czech: Triglav, Trihlav, Tříhlav (learned)
• → Macedonian: Триглав (Triglav) (learned)
• → Polish: Trzygłów (learned)
• → Russian: Триглав (Triglav) (learned)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Триглав／Triglav (learned)
• → Slovak: Triglav, Trihlav (learned)
• → Slovene: Triglav (learned)
• → Ukrainian: Тригла́в (Tryhláv) (learned)
• → Greek: Τρίγκλαβ (Trígklav) (learned)
• → English: Triglav (learned)
• → French: Triglav (learned)
• → German: Triglaw (learned)