trifidus

== Latin == === Etymology === From tri- (“three”) +‎ -fidus, from findere (“to split”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɪ.fɪ.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.fi.dus] === Adjective === trifidus (feminine trifida, neuter trifidum); first/second-declension adjective trifid, split into three parts three-pronged ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Coordinate terms ==== bifidus, quadrifidus, quinquifidus, centifidus, multifidus ==== Descendants ==== → English: trifid → French: trifide → Italian: trifido → Spanish: trífido === References === “trifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “trifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “trifidus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.