triformis

Latin

Etymology

From trēs (“three”) +‎ -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈfoːr.mis/, [t̪rɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈfor.mis/, [t̪riˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

trifōrmis (neuter trifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. having three forms, shapes, or natures; threefold, triple, triform

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	trifōrmis	trifōrme		trifōrmēs	trifōrmia
Genitive	trifōrmis			trifōrmium
Dative	trifōrmī			trifōrmibus
Accusative	trifōrmem	trifōrme		trifōrmēs trifōrmīs	trifōrmia
Ablative	trifōrmī			trifōrmibus
Vocative	trifōrmis	trifōrme		trifōrmēs	trifōrmia

Descendants

• English: triform
• Spanish: triforme

References

• “triformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “triformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• triformis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.