LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

trifurcus

trifurcus (feminine trifurca, neuter trifurcum)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinadjectivehaving three forks, prongs, or points

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetrifurcustrifurcatrifurcum
genitivetrifurcītrifurcaetrifurcī
dativetrifurcōtrifurcaetrifurcō
accusativetrifurcumtrifurcamtrifurcum
ablativetrifurcōtrifurcātrifurcō
vocativetrifurcetrifurcatrifurcum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetrifurcītrifurcaetrifurca
genitivetrifurcōrumtrifurcārumtrifurcōrum
dativetrifurcīstrifurcīstrifurcīs
accusativetrifurcōstrifurcāstrifurca
ablativetrifurcīstrifurcīstrifurcīs
vocativetrifurcītrifurcaetrifurca

trĭfurcus, a, um, adj. ter-furca,
I. having three forks, prongs, or points, threeforked, three-pronged: surculi, Col. 5, 11, 7: stirps, id. 5, 10, 7: semina, id. Arb. 20, 2.

Origins

From tri- < tres (“three”) + furca (“fork”).

Descendants
  • Albaniantërfurk

Quick answers

What does trifurcus mean in Latin?
trifurcus, a adjective, means “having three forks, prongs, or points”.