LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

tridēns1

tridēns (genitive tridentis)
Classical[ˈtrɪ.dẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtriː.dens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationthree-tined, having three prongs or teeth

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

hasta triplex Neptūnī
tridēns -entis (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 2

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetridēnstridēnstridēns
genitivetridentistridentistridentis
dativetridentītridentītridentī
accusativetridentemtridentemtridēns
ablativetridentī
tridente		tridentī
tridente		tridentī
tridente
vocativetridēnstridēnstridēns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetridentēstridentēstridentia
genitivetridentiumtridentiumtridentium
dativetridentibustridentibustridentibus
accusativetridentīs
tridentēs		tridentīs
tridentēs		tridentia
ablativetridentibustridentibustridentibus
vocativetridentēstridentēstridentia

trĭ-dens, entis (abl. tridenti, Verg. A. 1, 145; 2, 418; Sil. 3, 53:
I. tridente, Ov. M. 1, 283; 6, 75; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 51), adj. tres, having three teeth or tines, three-tined, threepronged, tridented, trident.
I. Adj.: rostra, Verg. A. 5, 143: aes, Val. Fl. 1, 688: tridenti armatus ferro, Arn. 3, 31.—
II. Subst.: trĭdens, entis, m., a three-tined spear, a trident, used to spear large fish, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92; 9, 15, 20, § 51; 9, 29, 45, § 84.—As an attribute of Neptune, Verg. G. 1, 13; id. A. 2, 610; Prop. 2, 26 (3, 22), 48; Ov. M. 1, 283; 6, 75.—As a weapon of the net-fighters (retiarii), Juv. 8, 203.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Latin tridēns From tri- (“three”) + dēns (“tooth”).

Descendants
  • Translingualtridenticeps

In English words that came into English from tridēns

  • tridenttridēns
noun · masculinethird declension
tridēns2
tridēns m (genitive tridentis)
Classical[ˈtrɪ.dẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtriː.dens]

Meaning

  1. trident, a three-tined spear; specifically, an attribute of Neptune
    “nōn illī imperium pelagī saevumque tridentem,“Not to him [were] the empire of the sea and the stern trident [given], but to me [were] allotted by destiny.” (Neptune [me] dismisses the winds with a warning for Aeolus [him].)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.138–139

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetridēnstridentēs
genitivetridentistridentium
tridentum
dativetridentītridentibus
accusativetridentemtridentēs
tridentīs
ablativetridente
tridentī		tridentibus
vocativetridēnstridentēs

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Latin tridēns From tri- (“three”) + dēns (“tooth”).

Descendants
  • Englishtrident
  • Italiantridente
  • Spanishtridente
  • Galiciantridente

Quick answers

What does tridēns mean in Latin?
tridēns, a adjective, means “three-tined, having three prongs or teeth”.
How do you pronounce tridēns?
In classical Latin, [ˈtrɪ.dẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtriː.dens].