trigeminus

trĭgĕmĭnus (collat. form, mostly poet., tergĕmĭnus), a, um, adj. [tresgeminus], three born at a birth: fratres, three twin-brothers.

• I Lit., Liv. 1, 24, 1; cf.: tergeminos nasci certum est Horatiorum Curiatiorumque exemplo, Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 33: trigeminorum matres, Col. 3, 8, 1: trigemini filii, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 123 (718). — As subst.: trĭgĕmĭni, three brothers born at a birth, Liv. 1, 25, 1; Col. 2, 1, 3; 7, 6, 7; cf.: trigemino partu, id. 3, 10, 17: Horatius trigemina spolia prae se gerens, of the three twin-brothers, Liv. 1, 26, 2: Trigemini, the title of a comedy of Plautus, Gell. 7, 9, 7.—
• II Transf., in gen., threefold, triple, triform, = triplex (mostly poet.): trigeminae victoriae triplicem triumphum egistis, Liv. 6, 7, 4: tripectora tergemini vis Geryonai, Lucr. 5, 28; cf. of the same and of Cerberus: tergeminumque virum tergeminumque canem, Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 16; and of Cerberus: cui tres sunt linguae tergeminumque caput, Tib. 3, 4, 88: canis, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 52: tergemina Hecate (because she was also Luna and Diana; cf. triceps and triformis), Verg. A. 4, 511: tergemina dextra, i.e. of the three Graces, Stat. S. 3, 4, 83: jus tergeminae prolis. i. e. trium liberorum, id. ib. 4, 8, 21: pomorum tergemina natura, Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 114: verba illa Ciceronis in Pisonem (cap. 1) trigemina: decepit, fefellit, induxit, Gell. 13, 24, 22: certat tergeminis tollere honoribus, to the threefold honors, i. e. of the three highest magistracies, those of the curule aedile, the praetor, and the consul, Hor. C. 1, 1, 8: at tibi tergeminum mugiet ille sophos, thrice repeated, Mart. 3, 46, 8.—
• III Porta Trigemina, a gate, in the early times of Rome, at the foot of Mount Aventine, Liv. 4, 16, 2; 35, 10, 12; Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 22 (90); Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 15; Front. Aquaed. 5 al.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 157 sq.

trigeminus (poet. u. Eccl. auch tergeminus), a, um, dreifach, terg. vir, Geryon, Ov.: terg. canis, Zerberus, weil er drei Köpfe hat, Ov.: terg. Hecate, Verg., auch terg. era, Val. Flacc., die im Himmel Luna, auf der Erde Diana, in der Unterwelt Proserpina heißt: cui tres sunt linguae tergeminumque caput, Zerberus, Tibull.: terg. honores, Ädilität, Prätur u. Konsulat, die höchsten Ehrenstellen, Hor.: trig. victoria, Liv. – v. Kindern, die zugleich geboren werden, trig. filii, Drillingssöhne, Plaut.: so auch trigemini fratres, Liv.: absol., trigemini, Drillinge, von Menschen, Colum. u. Augustin. (Nbf. tergemini, Plin. 7, 33); v. Tieren, Colum. – neutr. adv., tergeminum mugiet ille sophos, mehrmals, öfter, Mart. 3, 46, 8. – Trigemini, die Drillinge, ein Stück des Plautus, Gell. 6 (7), 9, 7. – porta Trigemina, ein Tor in der alten Stadtmauer von Rom, der nördlichsten Ecke des Aventins gegenüber, (wahrsch. benannt nach seinen diei Durchgangsbogen), Plaut. capt. 90. Liv. 4, 16, 2. Frontin. aqu. 5. Plin. 18, 15. Solin. 1, 8. Vgl. Jordan Topogr. der Stadt Rom. Bd. 1, 1. S. 235 f.

trĭgĕmĭnus, a, um, v. tergeminus : Pl. Mil. 717 ; Liv. 1, 25, 1 ; 6, 7, 4 || Cic. *Verr. 4, 58.

trigeminus adj.

• tres+geminus, born three at a birth: fratres, triplet-brothers, L.—Plurm. as subst, three brothers born together, L.: spolia, of the triplet-brothers, L.—Threefold, triple, triform: victoria, L.: Porta Trigemina, a gate at the foot of the Aventine hill, L.