trigonus
Latin
Etymology
While appearingly a macaronic compound of Latin trēs (“three”) + Ancient Greek γῶνος (gônos, “angle, corner”), it actually corresponds with the Greek adjective τρίγωνος (trígōnos, “triangular”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /triˈɡoː.nus/, [t̪rɪˈɡoːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈɡo.nus/, [t̪riˈɡɔːnus]
Adjective
trigōnus (feminine trigōna, neuter trigōnum); first/second-declension adjective
- trigonal; three-angled; having three angles
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- quadrigōnus
References
- “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