adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
trīmus
trīmus (feminine trīma, neuter trīmum)
Classical[ˈtriː.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtriː.mus]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalthree years
- adjectivethree-year-old
DAEMONĒS. Opsecrō, dēfende cīvēs tuās, senex. LABRĀX. Ō fīlia mea, cum hanc videō, meārum mē absēns miseriārum commonēs; trīma quae periit mihi, iam tanta esset, sī vīvit, sciō.
of mine, when I look on her, separated from me you remind me of my miseries; she who was lost by me when three years old, now, if she is living, she's just about as tall, I know.c. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 3.4.38–40
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | trīmus trīmulus | trīma trīmula | trīmum trīmulum |
| genitive | trīmī trīmulī | trīmae trīmulae | trīmī trīmulī |
| dative | trīmō trīmulō | trīmae trīmulae | trīmō trīmulō |
| accusative | trīmum trīmulum | trīmam trīmulam | trīmum trīmulum |
| ablative | trīmō trīmulō | trīmā trīmulā | trīmō trīmulō |
| vocative | trīme trīmule | trīma trīmula | trīmum trīmulum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | trīmī trīmulī | trīmae trīmulae | trīma trīmula |
| genitive | trīmōrum trīmulōrum | trīmārum trīmulārum | trīmōrum trīmulōrum |
| dative | trīmīs trīmulīs | trīmīs trīmulīs | trīmīs trīmulīs |
| accusative | trīmōs trīmulōs | trīmās trīmulās | trīma trīmula |
| ablative | trīmīs trīmulīs | trīmīs trīmulīs | trīmīs trīmulīs |
| vocative | trīmī trīmulī | trīmae trīmulae | trīma trīmula |
trīmus, a, um, adj. tres,
I. of three years, three years old:
filia, trima quae periit mihi, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 39; cf.: utrumne in pulvere, trimus, Quale prius ludas opus, when a child of three years, Hor. S. 2, 3, 251: vaccae, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 13: vaccae aetatis trimae, Pall. Mart. 11, 5: equulus, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 13: equa, Hor. C. 3, 11, 9: arbor, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 83: semen, id. 18, 24, 54, § 195: calx, id. 36, 23, 55, § 176.—In law: dies, a term of three years: si ita sit legatum, heres meus Titio decem trimā die dato, utrum pensionibus an vero post triennium debeatur? Dig. 33, 1, 3, § 5 sq.; cf. ib. prooem.; hence: melius post trimum domatur equulus, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 13: capri ante trimos minus utiliter generant, Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 200.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
trīmus adj.
for * trihiemus, tres+hiemps, of three winters, of three years, three years old : equa, H.
Origins
Possible contraction of *trihiemus (literally “three-wintered”), by surface analysis, trī- + hiems + -us.