trilix

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From tri- < trēs + līcium (thread). Equals τρίμιτος (trímitos).

Adjective

trilīx (genitive trilīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. having triple thread, three-ply

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative trilīx trilīcēs trilīcia
genitive trilīcis trilīcium
dative trilīcī trilīcibus
accusative trilīcem trilīx trilīcēs trilīcia
ablative trilīcī trilīcibus
vocative trilīx trilīcēs trilīcia

Descendants

  • Catalan: terliç
  • Old French: treslis
  • Friulian: tarlîs
  • Italian: traliccio
  • Occitan: trelís, trelhís
  • Spanish: terliz
  • Basque: terlizá
  • Old High German: drilīh

References

  • trilix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • trilix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • trilix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.