triennis
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Latin
Etymology
tri- (“three”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /triˈen.nis/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈen.nis/,
Adjective
triennis (neuter trienne); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | triennis | trienne | triennēs | triennia | |
| Genitive | triennis | triennium | |||
| Dative | triennī | triennibus | |||
| Accusative | triennem | trienne | triennēs triennīs |
triennia | |
| Ablative | triennī | triennibus | |||
| Vocative | triennis | trienne | triennēs | triennia | |
Quotations
Synonyms
- (three year(s) old): trimus
References
- “triennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- triennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.