triquetrus
triquetrus, with three corners, triangular
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triquetro Adjective: neuter ablative singular, Adjective: masculine dative singular, Adjective: neuter dative singular, Adjective: masculine ablative singular of triquetrus
triquetro Noun: neuter dative singular, Noun: neuter ablative singular of triquetrum
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.
per mundum divulgant scripta triquadrum
licet luculentus limpidissimi solis splendor triquadram mundi rotam clarius illustrare credatur
Domino triquadri orbis quadrifaria regna ‥ disponente(
per triquadrum mundum cotidie cernitur
in triquadro mundi cardine
Sicilia ‥ et Triquadra [v. l. Tricadra ] dicitur, quasi per tres quadras divisa
Sicilia insula aliquando vocabatur Trinacria quasi triquadra, a tribus montibus in ea prominentibus sic dicta
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.
- 1. driehoekig [insula = Brittannië];
- 2. (poët.) Siciliaans [orae; tellus = Sicilië].
triquetrus
adj.
- ter+1 CA-, with three corners, triangular: (Britannia) insula naturā triquetra, Cs.: Triquetrā Praedia tellure daturus, i. e. in Sicily, H.