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triquetrus

triangular

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What it meant

1. triquetrus — de Vaan

triquetrus 'triangular' [adj. o/d] (Lucr.+) Maybe from *trj-quadro- with the noun *quadro- 'rectangle'. The date of attestation and the use of *quadro- in a novel meaning 'angle' would suggest a recent date of this compound, but the reduction of word-internal *σ to e in closed syllable, and the change of *-dr- to -/r-, go back to the VOLat. period. However, quadro- itself is from *tivtur-, so its -dr seems … — [de Vaan, s.v. triquetrus, p. 644]

2. trĭquē^trus — Lewis & Short

trĭquē^trus, a, um, adj.,

I having three corners, three-cornered, triangular.

I In gen.: triquetra aliis, aliis quadrata, Lucr. 4, 653: ager (opp. quadratus), Col. 5, 2, 1: figura (opp. quadrata), Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 93: (Britannia) insula naturā triquetra, Caes. B. G. 5, 13: Martis sidus numquam stationem facere Jovis sidere triquetro, i. e. distant by a third of the zodiac, Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77; also as subst.: trĭquē^trum, i, n., the trinal aspect, that in which a planet's longitude differs by one-third of a circle from the earth's: in triquetro, id. 2, 15, 12, § 59; 2, 18, 16, § 80.—

II In partic., as adj. prop., of or belonging to the island of Sicily, Sicilian: orae, Lucr. 1, 717; Sil. 5, 489: tellus, Hor. S. 2, 6, 55; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 30.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. triquetrus (scan p. 644; entry #1847). Root candidates: *quadro-, *tivtur-, *xwat-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. triquetrus (scan p. 727; entry #12114).

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