trimus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possible contraction of *trihiemus, from trēs + hiems.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtriː.mus/, [ˈt̪riːmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.mus/, [ˈt̪riːmus]
Adjective[edit]
trīmus (feminine trīma, neuter trīmum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) three years
- three-year-old
- c. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 3.4.38–40:
- DAEMONĒS. Opsecrō, dēfende cīvēs tuās, senex. LABRĀX. Ō fīlia
mea, cum hanc videō, meārum mē absēns miseriārum commonēs;
trīma quae periit mihi, iam tanta esset, sī vīvit, sciō.- DAEMONES. Prithee, defend your countrywomen, old man. LABRAX. Oh daughter
of mine, when I look on her, separated from me you remind me of my miseries;
she who was lost by me when three years old, now, if she is living, she's just about as tall, I know.
- DAEMONES. Prithee, defend your countrywomen, old man. LABRAX. Oh daughter
- DAEMONĒS. Opsecrō, dēfende cīvēs tuās, senex. LABRĀX. Ō fīlia
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | trīmus | trīma | trīmum | trīmī | trīmae | trīma | |
Genitive | trīmī | trīmae | trīmī | trīmōrum | trīmārum | trīmōrum | |
Dative | trīmō | trīmō | trīmīs | ||||
Accusative | trīmum | trīmam | trīmum | trīmōs | trīmās | trīma | |
Ablative | trīmō | trīmā | trīmō | trīmīs | |||
Vocative | trīme | trīma | trīmum | trīmī | trīmae | trīma |
Synonyms[edit]
- (three-year-old): triennis
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “trimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “trimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- trimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.