tergeminus

Latin

Etymology

Compound of ter (“thrice”) +‎ geminus. Confer the main variant trigeminus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /terˈɡe.mi.nus/, [t̪ɛrˈɡɛmɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /terˈd͡ʒe.mi.nus/, [t̪erˈd͡ʒɛːminus]

Adjective

tergeminus (feminine tergemina, neuter tergeminum); first/second-declension adjective

1. triplet

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tergeminus	tergemina	tergeminum		tergeminī	tergeminae	tergemina
genitive	tergeminī	tergeminae	tergeminī		tergeminōrum	tergeminārum	tergeminōrum
dative	tergeminō	tergeminae	tergeminō		tergeminīs
accusative	tergeminum	tergeminam	tergeminum		tergeminōs	tergeminās	tergemina
ablative	tergeminō	tergeminā	tergeminō		tergeminīs
vocative	tergemine	tergemina	tergeminum		tergeminī	tergeminae	tergemina

References

• “tergeminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tergeminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tergeminus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tergeminus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “tergeminus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tergeminus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray