LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

tripartītus

tripartītus (feminine tripartīta, neuter tripartītum)
Classical[trɪ.parˈtiː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[tri.parˈtiː.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivethreefold, tripartite

Declension

singular
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nominativetripartītustripartītatripartītum
genitivetripartītītripartītaetripartītī
dativetripartītōtripartītaetripartītō
accusativetripartītumtripartītamtripartītum
ablativetripartītōtripartītātripartītō
vocativetripartītetripartītatripartītum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetripartītītripartītaetripartīta
genitivetripartītōrumtripartītārumtripartītōrum
dativetripartītīstripartītīstripartītīs
accusativetripartītōstripartītāstripartīta
ablativetripartītīstripartītīstripartītīs
vocativetripartītītripartītaetripartīta

trĭpartītus or -pertītus, a, um, Part. [ter-partior],
I. divided or divisible into three parts, threefold, tripartite (rare, but good prose): ea causa tripertita erit in accusatione, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 5, § 12: qui tripertitas orbis terrarum oras atque regiones notavit, id. Sest. 61, 129: tripartita ab iis inducitur ratio bonorum, id. Ac. 1, 5, 21: divisio tripartita (al. tripertita), id. Off. 3, 2, 9: exercitus, Tac. A. 2, 74: jus privatum, quod tripartitum est, Just. Inst. 1, 1, 4.— Substt
1. Trĭpertīta, ōrum, n., the title of a treatise by Sex. Aelius: exstat illius (Sex. Aelii) liber, qui inscribitur Tripertita, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 38.—
2. Trĭpertīta, ae, f., the title of a comedy by Novius, Non. 218, 15.—Adv.: trĭpartītō (-pertītō), in or into three parts: qui bona dividit tripertito, Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 40: tripartito divisus equitatus, Caes. B. G. 7, 67; Hirt. B. G. 8, 33: Caesar partitis copiis ... adit tripartito, Caes. B. G. 6, 6: aggreditur urbem, Liv. 21, 7.

Origins

Perfect passive participle of tripartīre (“to divide in three”), equivalent to tri- (“tri-: three”) + partītus (“-partite, -part”) or tripartīre + -itus (“-ite: forming adjs”).

Descendants
  • Englishtripartite

Quick answers

What does tripartītus mean in Latin?
tripartītus, a adjective, means “threefold, tripartite”.
How do you pronounce tripartītus?
In classical Latin, [trɪ.parˈtiː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tri.parˈtiː.tus].