triquetrus

trĭquē̆trus, a, um, adj., having three corners, three-cornered, triangular.

• I In gen.: triquetra aliis, aliis quadrata, Lucr. 4, 653: ager (opp. quadratus), Col. 5, 2, 1: figura (opp. quadrata), Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 93: (Britannia) insula naturā triquetra, Caes. B. G. 5, 13: Martis sidus numquam stationem facere Jovis sidere triquetro, i.e. distant by a third of the zodiac, Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77; also as subst.: trĭquē̆trum, i, n., the trinal aspect, that in which a planet’s longitude differs by one-third of a circle from the earth’s: in triquetro, id. 2, 15, 12, § 59; 2, 18, 16, § 80.—
• II In partic., as adj. prop., of or belonging to the island of Sicily, Sicilian: orae, Lucr. 1, 717; Sil. 5, 489: tellus, Hor. S. 2, 6, 55; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 30.

triquetrus, a, um, I) dreieckig, littera (das griech. Δ), Amm.: insula, von Britannien, Caes.: ager, Colum.: esse triquetra aliis, aliis quadrata necesse est, Lucr. – subst., triquetrum, ī, n., der Gedrittschein, Plin.: so auch Iovis sidere triquetro, Plin. – II) (weil Sizilien von seiner dreieckigen Gestalt Triquetra hieß [s. Plin. 3, 86], dah. =) sizilisch, orae, Lucr.: tellus, Hor. – ➳ e ist lang gemessen bei Lucr. 4, 651 u. Hor. sat. 2, 6, 55, kurz bei Lucr. 1, 717. Sil. 6, 489.

triquetrus [CL], triquadrus, that has three parts, tripartite (in quot. of the world w. ref. to its three continents; cf. Orosius I 2); b (~a, as alternative name for Sicily). per mundum divulgant scripta triquadrum Aldh. CE 4. 10. 4; licet luculentus limpidissimi solis splendor triquadram mundi rotam clarius illustrare credatur Id. VirgP 9; a787 Domino triquadri orbis quadrifaria regna ‥ disponente (Lullus) Ep. Bonif. 140; 948 per triquadrum mundum cotidie cernitur Ch. Peterb. 10; in triquadro mundi cardine Lib. Eli. II 77.  b Sicilia ‥ et Triquadra [v. l. Tricadra] dicitur, quasi per tres quadras divisa Gerv. Tilb. II 12; Sicilia insula aliquando vocabatur Trinacria quasi triquadra, a tribus montibus in ea prominentibus sic dicta Higd. I 30 p. 312.

trĭquĕtrus, (14) a, um, qui a trois angles, triangulaire : Lucr. 4, 653 ; Plin. 2, 93 ; [forme de la Grande Bretagne] Cæs. G. 5, 13 || relatif à la Sicile [à cause des 3 pointes de cette île], Sicilien : Lucr. 1, 717 ; Hor. S. 2, 6, 55 ; Quint. 1, 6, 30.

triquetrus , a, um. adj.
三隅者。三棱者。

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triquetrus adj.

• ter+1 CA-, with three corners, triangular: (Britannia) insula naturā triquetra, Cs.: Triquetrā Praedia tellure daturus, i. e. in Sicily, H.