trifidus

Latin

Etymology

From tri- (“three”) +‎ -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.fi.dus/, [ˈt̪rɪfɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.fi.dus/, [ˈt̪riːfid̪us]

Adjective

trifidus (feminine trifida, neuter trifidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. trifid, split into three parts
2. three-pronged

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	trifidus	trifida	trifidum		trifidī	trifidae	trifida
genitive	trifidī	trifidae	trifidī		trifidōrum	trifidārum	trifidōrum
dative	trifidō	trifidae	trifidō		trifidīs
accusative	trifidum	trifidam	trifidum		trifidōs	trifidās	trifida
ablative	trifidō	trifidā	trifidō		trifidīs
vocative	trifide	trifida	trifidum		trifidī	trifidae	trifida

Coordinate terms

• bifidus, quadrifidus, quinquifidus, centifidus, multifidus

Descendants

• → English: trifid
• → French: trifide
• → Italian: trifido
• → Spanish: trífido

References

• “trifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “trifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• trifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.