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triquetrus
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : trĭquētrus, a, um
* Having three corners, three-cornered, triangular.
* 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.: trĭquētrum, 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.
* 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.
* Having three corners, three-cornered, triangular.
* 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.: trĭquētrum, 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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