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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίχρους (tríkhrous, “of three colors”).
Pronunciation
Noun
trichrus f (genitive trichrī); second declension
- A kind of precious stone with three colors
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “trichrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- trichrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.