trimus

Latin

Etymology

Possible contraction of *trihiemus, from trēs + hiems.

Pronunciation

Adjective

trīmus (feminine trīma, neuter trīmum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) three years
  2. three-year-old
    • c. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 3.4.38–40:
      DAEMONĒS. Opsecrō, dēfende cīvēs tuās, senex. LABRĀX. Ō fīlia
      mea, cum hanc videō, meārum mē absēns miseriārum commonēs;
      trīma quae periit mihi, iam tanta esset, sī vīvit, sciō.
      DAEMONES. Prithee, defend your countrywomen, old man. LABRAX. Oh daughter
      of mine, when I look on her, separated from me you remind me of my miseries;
      she who was lost by me when three years old, now, if she is living, she's just about as tall, I know.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative trīmus trīma trīmum trīmī trīmae trīma
genitive trīmī trīmae trīmī trīmōrum trīmārum trīmōrum
dative trīmō trīmae trīmō trīmīs
accusative trīmum trīmam trīmum trīmōs trīmās trīma
ablative trīmō trīmā trīmō trīmīs
vocative trīme trīma trīmum trīmī trīmae trīma

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References

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