tridens

== Latin == === Etymology === From tri- (“three”) +‎ dēns (“tooth”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɪ.dẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.dens] === Adjective === tridēns (genitive tridentis); third-declension one-termination adjective three-tined, having three prongs or teeth ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== →⇒ Translingual: tridenticeps === Noun === tridēns m (genitive tridentis); third declension trident, a three-tined spear; specifically, an attribute of Neptune ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī). ==== Descendants ==== All borrowed. → English: trident → Galician: tridente → Italian: tridente → Spanish: tridente === Further reading === “tridens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tridens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “tridens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “tridens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “tridens”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin