triquetrus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From trēs and maybe Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (“sharp”). Cognate with English whet.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtri.kʷe.trus/, [ˈt̪rɪkʷɛt̪rʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.kwe.trus/, [ˈt̪riːkwet̪rus]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /triˈkʷet.rus/, [t̪rɪˈkʷɛt̪rʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈkwet.rus/, [t̪riˈkwɛt̪rus]
Adjective
[edit]triquetrus (feminine triquetra, neuter triquetrum); first/second-declension adjective
- triangular, having three corners
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | triquetrus | triquetra | triquetrum | triquetrī | triquetrae | triquetra | |
| genitive | triquetrī | triquetrae | triquetrī | triquetrōrum | triquetrārum | triquetrōrum | |
| dative | triquetrō | triquetrae | triquetrō | triquetrīs | |||
| accusative | triquetrum | triquetram | triquetrum | triquetrōs | triquetrās | triquetra | |
| ablative | triquetrō | triquetrā | triquetrō | triquetrīs | |||
| vocative | triquetre | triquetra | triquetrum | triquetrī | triquetrae | triquetra | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: triquetre
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 636
Further reading
[edit]- “triquetrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- triquetrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.