LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

trisulcus

trisulcus (feminine trisulca, neuter trisulcum)
Classical[trɪˈsʊɫ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[triˈs̬ul.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivehaving three furrows, cleft in three.
    lumina nube tremunt atque ordine curva trisulco.c. 90 CE, Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 2.500

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetrisulcustrisulcatrisulcum
genitivetrisulcītrisulcaetrisulcī
dativetrisulcōtrisulcaetrisulcō
accusativetrisulcumtrisulcamtrisulcum
ablativetrisulcōtrisulcātrisulcō
vocativetrisulcetrisulcatrisulcum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetrisulcītrisulcaetrisulca
genitivetrisulcōrumtrisulcārumtrisulcōrum
dativetrisulcīstrisulcīstrisulcīs
accusativetrisulcōstrisulcāstrisulca
ablativetrisulcīstrisulcīstrisulcīs
vocativetrisulcītrisulcaetrisulca

trĭ-sulcus, a, um (form trĭsulcis, e, Fulg. Rusp. Ep. 9), adj. ter (having three furrows),
I. three-cleft, three-forked, threepointed; threefold, triple (poet.): lingua (serpentis), Verg. A. 2, 475; Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 171: sermo, of the serpent in Paradise, Prud. Ham. 203: ordine trisulco quatit ora fragor, of the teeth, Val. Fl. 2, 500: fulmen, Varr. ap. Non. 448, 20; cf. Fest. p. 352; also called Jovis telum trisulcum, Ov. Ib. 467: ignes, id. M. 2, 848: Sicilia, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 145: fores, folding in three parts, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 449: ramus, threeforked, Pall. Mart. 10, 24.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintrisulcus

Latin sulcus Latin trisulcus From tri- + sulcus (“furrow”).

Quick answers

What does trisulcus mean in Latin?
trisulcus, a adjective, means “having three furrows, cleft in three.”.
How do you pronounce trisulcus?
In classical Latin, [trɪˈsʊɫ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [triˈs̬ul.kus].
Where does trisulcus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes → Proto-Indo-European *tri- → Proto-Italic *tri- → Latin trisulcus.