trifurcus

Latin

Etymology

From tri- < tres (“three”) + furca (“fork”).

Adjective

trifurcus (feminine trifurca, neuter trifurcum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) having three forks, prongs, or points

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	trifurcus	trifurca	trifurcum		trifurcī	trifurcae	trifurca
genitive	trifurcī	trifurcae	trifurcī		trifurcōrum	trifurcārum	trifurcōrum
dative	trifurcō	trifurcae	trifurcō		trifurcīs
accusative	trifurcum	trifurcam	trifurcum		trifurcōs	trifurcās	trifurca
ablative	trifurcō	trifurcā	trifurcō		trifurcīs
vocative	trifurce	trifurca	trifurcum		trifurcī	trifurcae	trifurca

Descendants

• → Albanian: tërfurk

References

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