trimestris

Latin

Etymology

tri- (“three”) +‎ mēnsis (“month”) +‎ -tris.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

trimēstris (neuter trimēstre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (relational) lasting three months; three months old

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative trimēstris trimēstre trimēstrēs trimēstria
genitive trimēstris trimēstrium
dative trimēstrī trimēstribus
accusative trimēstrem trimēstre trimēstrēs
trimēstrīs 		trimēstria
ablative trimēstrī trimēstribus
vocative trimēstris trimēstre trimēstrēs trimēstria

Descendants

  • → French: trimestre
    • → Dutch: trimester
      • → Indonesian: trimester
  • → Italian: trimestre

References

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “trimestris”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 71
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēnsis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
  • “trimestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • trimestris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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