trifurcus

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Latin

Etymology

From tri- < tres (“three”) + furca (“fork”).

Adjective

trifurcus (feminine trifurca, neuter trifurcum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) having three forks, prongs, or points

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative trifurcus trifurca trifurcum trifurcī trifurcae trifurca
Genitive trifurcī trifurcae trifurcī trifurcōrum trifurcārum trifurcōrum
Dative trifurcō trifurcō trifurcīs
Accusative trifurcum trifurcam trifurcum trifurcōs trifurcās trifurca
Ablative trifurcō trifurcā trifurcō trifurcīs
Vocative trifurce trifurca trifurcum trifurcī trifurcae trifurca

Descendants

  • Albanian: tërfurk

References

  • “trifurcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • trifurcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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