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Latin
Etymology
From tri- (“three”) + dēns (“tooth”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tridēns (genitive tridentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- three-tined, having three prongs or teeth
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Descendants
Noun
tridēns m (genitive tridentis); third declension
- trident, a three-tined spear; specifically, an attribute of Neptune
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.138–139:
- “nōn illī imperium pelagī saevumque tridentem,
sed mihi sorte datum.”- “Not to him the empire of the sea and the stern trident , but to me allotted by destiny.”
(Neptune dismisses the winds with a warning for Aeolus .)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī).
Descendants
All borrowed.
Further reading
- “tridens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tridens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tridens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “tridens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “tridens”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin