triquetrus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === triquedrus triquadrus (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From tri- and maybe Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (“sharp”). The poetic sense is a reference to the triangular shape of Sicily. The second element is cognate with English whet. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɪ.kʷɛ.trʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.kʷe.trus] (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trɪˈkʷɛt.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [triˈkʷɛt.rus] === Adjective === triquetrus (feminine triquetra, neuter triquetrum); first/second-declension adjective triangular; having three corners (poetic) of or pertaining to Sicily ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: triquetre Spanish: triquetro === References === === Further reading === “triquetrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “triquetrus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.