trisulcus
Latin
Alternative forms
- trisulcis
Etymology
From tri- + sulcus (“furrow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trɪˈsʊɫ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪riˈs̬ul.kus]
Adjective
trisulcus (feminine trisulca, neuter trisulcum); first/second-declension adjective
- having three furrows, cleft in three.
- c. 90 CE, Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 2.500:
- lumina nube tremunt atque ordine curva trisulco.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- lumina nube tremunt atque ordine curva trisulco.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | trisulcus | trisulca | trisulcum | trisulcī | trisulcae | trisulca | |
| genitive | trisulcī | trisulcae | trisulcī | trisulcōrum | trisulcārum | trisulcōrum | |
| dative | trisulcō | trisulcae | trisulcō | trisulcīs | |||
| accusative | trisulcum | trisulcam | trisulcum | trisulcōs | trisulcās | trisulca | |
| ablative | trisulcō | trisulcā | trisulcō | trisulcīs | |||
| vocative | trisulce | trisulca | trisulcum | trisulcī | trisulcae | trisulca | |
Further reading
- “trisulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press