tricorniger

Latin

Etymology

tri- (“three”) +‎ cornū (“horn”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈkor.ni.ɡer/, [t̪rɪˈkɔrnɪɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈkor.ni.d͡ʒer/, [t̪riˈkɔrnid͡ʒer]

Adjective

tricorniger (feminine tricornigera, neuter tricornigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. having three horns
2. having three points; trifurcate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tricorniger	tricornigera	tricornigerum		tricornigerī	tricornigerae	tricornigera
genitive	tricornigerī	tricornigerae	tricornigerī		tricornigerōrum	tricornigerārum	tricornigerōrum
dative	tricornigerō	tricornigerae	tricornigerō		tricornigerīs
accusative	tricornigerum	tricornigeram	tricornigerum		tricornigerōs	tricornigerās	tricornigera
ablative	tricornigerō	tricornigerā	tricornigerō		tricornigerīs
vocative	tricorniger	tricornigera	tricornigerum		tricornigerī	tricornigerae	tricornigera

Synonyms

• (having three horns): tricornis
• (having three points): tricuspis

References

• “tricorniger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tricorniger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.