triquetrusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From tri- and maybe Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (“sharp”). The poetic sense is a reference to the triangular shape of Sicily.

The second element is cognate with English whet.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈtrɪ.kʷɛ.trʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈtriː.kʷe.trus]
• (Classical Latin) IPA: [trɪˈkʷɛt.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [triˈkʷɛt.rus]

形容詞

triquetrus (feminine triquetra, neuter triquetrum); first/second-declension adjective

1. triangular; having three corners
2. (poetic) of or pertaining to Sicily

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

派生語

派生した語

• Catalan: triquetre
• Spanish: triquetro

参照

Further reading

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