adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
triceps
triceps (genitive tricipitis)
Classical[ˈtrɪ.kɛps]Ecclesiastical[ˈtriː.t͡ʃeps]
Meaning
- one terminationtriple-headed, having three heads
- one terminationdivided into three parts
Philosophia triceps: naturalis, rationalis, moralis.
Tripartite philosophy: natural, rational, moral.1504, Gregor Reisch, Margarita Philosophica, Strasbourg, page titular:
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | triceps | triceps | triceps |
| genitive | tricipitis | tricipitis | tricipitis |
| dative | tricipitī | tricipitī | tricipitī |
| accusative | tricipitem | tricipitem | triceps |
| ablative | tricipitī tricipite | tricipitī tricipite | tricipitī tricipite |
| vocative | triceps | triceps | triceps |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tricipitēs | tricipitēs | tricipitia |
| genitive | tricipitium | tricipitium | tricipitium |
| dative | tricipitibus | tricipitibus | tricipitibus |
| accusative | tricipitīs tricipitēs | tricipitīs tricipitēs | tricipitia |
| ablative | tricipitibus | tricipitibus | tricipitibus |
| vocative | tricipitēs | tricipitēs | tricipitia |
trīceps, cĭpĭtis, adj. tres-caput; cf. Cic. Or. 48, 159.
I. Lit., having three heads, triple-headed:
Cerberus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: Hecate (because she was also at the same time Luna and Diana), Ov. M. 7, 194.—* II. Transf., threefold:
historia, Varr. L. L. 5, § 148 Müll.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
trīceps cipitis, adj.
tres+caput, with three heads, triple-headed : Cerberus.—Poet.: Hecate, of three forms (as also Luna and Diana), O.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *triskaputis. Equivalent to trēs (“three”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Descendants
- Englishtriceps
- Spanishtríceps
- Galiciantríceps