trigeminus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin trigeminus (“threefold, triple, triform”), clipping of nervus trigeminus (“triple nerve”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈd͡ʒɛm.ən.əs/ Rhymes: -ɛmɪnəs === Noun === trigeminus (plural trigemini) (neuroanatomy) Alternative form of trigeminal nerve. === References === “trigeminus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “trigeminus nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Latin == === Alternative forms === tergeminus (poetic) === Etymology === From tri- (“three”) +‎ geminus (“twinborn; paired, double, twofold”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trɪˈɡɛ.mɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [triˈd͡ʒɛː.mi.nus] === Adjective === trigeminus (feminine trigemina, neuter trigeminum); first/second-declension adjective (literal) three born at a birth (transferred sense, chiefly poetic) threefold, triple, triform Synonym: triplex ==== Inflection ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== Porta Trigemina trigeminō (verb) ==== Related terms ==== bigeminus centumgeminus quadrigeminus septemgeminus ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: trigemin → English: trigeminus ⇒ English: trigeminal === References === “trigeminus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press