LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
numeralfirst/second-declension numeral

trīnus

trīnus (feminine trīna, neuter trīnum)
Classical[ˈtriː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtriː.nus]

Meaning

  1. in pluralnumeralthree each
  2. numeraltriple
  3. numeralthree

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetrīnustrīnatrīnum
genitivetrīnītrīnaetrīnī
dativetrīnōtrīnaetrīnō
accusativetrīnumtrīnamtrīnum
ablativetrīnōtrīnātrīnō
vocativetrīnetrīnatrīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetrīnītrīnaetrīna
genitivetrīnum
trīnōrum		trīnum
trīnārum		trīnum
trīnōrum
dativetrīnīstrīnīstrīnīs
accusativetrīnōstrīnāstrīna
ablativetrīnīstrīnīstrīnīs
vocativetrīnītrīnaetrīna

trīnus, a, um, v. trini, II. B.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trís
  3. Proto-Italic*triznos
  4. Latintrīnus

From Proto-Italic *triznos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *trís (“thrice”) and the adjective-forming suffix *-nós (Latin -nus), equivalent to ter + -nus; doublet of ternus.

Descendants
  • Italiantrino
  • Italiantrina
  • Englishtrinefrom Middle French trin
  • Catalantrenafrom Vulgar Latin *trēna
  • Occitantrenafrom Vulgar Latin *trēna
  • Siciliantrinu
  • Aragonesetrenafrom Vulgar Latin *trēna
  • Franco-Provençaltrenafrom Vulgar Latin *trēna

Quick answers

What does trīnus mean in Latin?
trīnus, a numeral, means “three each; triple; three”.
How do you pronounce trīnus?
In classical Latin, [ˈtriː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtriː.nus].
Where does trīnus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *tri- → Proto-Indo-European *trís → Proto-Italic *triznos → Latin trīnus.