trigonus

== Latin == === Etymology === While apparently a macaronic compound of Latin trēs (“three”) + Ancient Greek γῶνος (gônos, “angle, corner”), it actually corresponds with the Greek adjective τρίγωνος (trígōnos, “triangular”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trɪˈɡoː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [triˈɡɔː.nus] === Adjective === trigōnus (feminine trigōna, neuter trigōnum); first/second-declension adjective trigonal; three-angled; having three angles ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== quadrigōnus ==== Descendants ==== Italian: trigono === References === “trigonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "trigonus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “trigonus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.