triceps

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See also: tríceps

English

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Etymology

From Latin trīceps (“triple-headed”), from trēs (“three”) + caput (“head”). See there for more details.

Pronunciation

Noun

triceps (plural triceps or tricepses)

  1. (anatomy) Any muscle having three heads.
  2. (anatomy) Specifically, the triceps brachii.
    • 2010, Christina T. Loguidice, Bill Loguidice, Wii Fitness For Dummies:
      Kickbacks work the triceps muscle at the back of your arm. Exercising these muscles helps eliminate arm jiggle.

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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin triceps (“three-headed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

triceps m (plural tricepsen)

  1. triceps brachii

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *triskaputis. Equivalent to trēs (“three”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

triceps (genitive tricipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. triple-headed, having three heads
  2. divided into three parts
    • 1504, Gregor Reisch, Margarita Philosophica‎, Strasbourg, page titular:
      Philosophia triceps: naturalis, rationalis, moralis.
      Tripartite philosophy: natural, rational, moral.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative triceps tricipitēs tricipitia
genitive tricipitis tricipitium
dative tricipitī tricipitibus
accusative tricipitem triceps tricipitēs tricipitia
ablative tricipitī tricipitibus
vocative triceps tricipitēs tricipitia

Descendants

  • English: triceps
  • Galician: tríceps
  • Spanish: tríceps

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French triceps, from Latin triceps.

Noun

triceps m (plural tricepși)

  1. triceps

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative triceps tricepsul tricepși tricepșii
genitive-dative triceps tricepsului tricepși tricepșilor
vocative tricepsule tricepșilor

Spanish

Noun

triceps m (plural triceps)

  1. triceps
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