triquetrus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From tri- and maybe Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (“sharp”). The poetic sense is a reference to the triangular shape of Sicily.

The second element is cognate with English whet.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

triquetrus (feminine triquetra, neuter triquetrum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. triangular; having three corners
  2. (poetic) of or pertaining to Sicily

Declension

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

Descendants

  • Catalan: triquetre

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 636

Further reading

  • “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.
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