trigonus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]While apparently a macaronic compound of Latin trēs (“three”) + Ancient Greek γῶνος (gônos, “angle, corner”), it actually corresponds with the Greek adjective τρίγωνος (trígōnos, “triangular”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /triˈɡoː.nus/, [t̪rɪˈɡoːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈɡo.nus/, [t̪riˈɡɔːnus]
Adjective
[edit]trigōnus (feminine trigōna, neuter trigōnum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | trigōnus | trigōna | trigōnum | trigōnī | trigōnae | trigōna | |
Genitive | trigōnī | trigōnae | trigōnī | trigōnōrum | trigōnārum | trigōnōrum | |
Dative | trigōnō | trigōnō | trigōnīs | ||||
Accusative | trigōnum | trigōnam | trigōnum | trigōnōs | trigōnās | trigōna | |
Ablative | trigōnō | trigōnā | trigōnō | trigōnīs | |||
Vocative | trigōne | trigōna | trigōnum | trigōnī | trigōnae | trigōna |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “trigonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trigonus 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)
- trigonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.