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]

(modern Italianate 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.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	trigōnus	trigōna	trigōnum	trigōnī	trigōnae	trigōna
Genitive	trigōnī	trigōnae	trigōnī	trigōnōrum	trigōnārum	trigōnōrum
Dative	trigōnō	trigōnae	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.

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