tergeminus
Latin
editEtymology
editCompound of ter (“thrice”) + geminus. Confer the main variant trigeminus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /terˈɡe.mi.nus/, [t̪ɛrˈɡɛmɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /terˈd͡ʒe.mi.nus/, [t̪erˈd͡ʒɛːminus]
Adjective
edittergeminus (feminine tergemina, neuter tergeminum); first/second-declension adjective
Inflection
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | tergeminus | tergemina | tergeminum | tergeminī | tergeminae | tergemina | |
genitive | tergeminī | tergeminae | tergeminī | tergeminōrum | tergeminārum | tergeminōrum | |
dative | tergeminō | tergeminae | tergeminō | tergeminīs | |||
accusative | tergeminum | tergeminam | tergeminum | tergeminōs | tergeminās | tergemina | |
ablative | tergeminō | tergeminā | tergeminō | tergeminīs | |||
vocative | tergemine | tergemina | tergeminum | tergeminī | tergeminae | tergemina |
References
edit- “tergeminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tergeminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tergeminus 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)
- tergeminus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “tergeminus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “tergeminus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray