triennis

Latin

Etymology

tri- (“three”) +‎ annus (“year”) +‎ -is (suffix forming compound adjectives)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈen.nis/, [t̪riˈɛnːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈen.nis/, [t̪riˈɛnːis]

Adjective

triennis (neuter trienne); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. three year(s) old

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	triennis	trienne		triennēs	triennia
genitive	triennis			triennium
dative	triennī			triennibus
accusative	triennem	trienne		triennēs triennīs	triennia
ablative	triennī			triennibus
vocative	triennis	trienne		triennēs	triennia

Synonyms

• (three year(s) old): trimus

Coordinate terms

• biennis, quadriennis, quinquennis, sexennis, septuennis, octennis, novennis, decennis, undecennis, duodecennis, tridecennis, quattuordecennis, quindecennis, sedecennis, septendecennis, duodevicennis, undevicennis, vicennis, tricennis, quadragennis, quinquagennis, sexagennis, septuagennis, octogennis, nonagennis, centennis, ducentennis, trecentennis, quadringentennis, quingentennis, sescentennis, septingentennis, octingentennis, nongentennis, millennis

References

• “triennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• triennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.