trifidus

Latin

Etymology

From tri- (“three”) +‎ -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.fi.dus/, [ˈt̪rɪfɪd̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.fi.dus/, [ˈt̪riːfid̪us]

Adjective

trifidus (feminine trifida, neuter trifidum); first/second-declension adjective

trifid, split into three parts
three-pronged

Declension

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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

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