trilix

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Latin

Alternative forms

trilīcium, trānslīcium, trāslīcium, trālīcium (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From tri- < trēs + līcium (“thread”). Equals τρίμιτος (trímitos).

Adjective

trilīx (genitive trilīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective

having triple thread, three-ply

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	trilīx			trilīcēs	trilīcia
genitive	trilīcis			trilīcium
dative	trilīcī			trilīcibus
accusative	trilīcem	trilīx		trilīcēs	trilīcia
ablative	trilīcī			trilīcibus
vocative	trilīx			trilīcēs	trilīcia

Descendants

Catalan: terliç
Old French: treslis
- French: treillis
Friulian: tarlîs
Italian: traliccio
Occitan: trelís, trelhís
Spanish: terliz
→ Basque: terlizá
→ Old High German: drilīh
- Middle High German: drilich
  - German: Drillich
    - → English: drill

References

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

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