triceps
See also: tríceps
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin trīceps (“triple-headed”), from trēs (“three”) + caput (“head”).
Noun
triceps (plural triceps or tricepses)
- (anatomy) Any muscle having three heads.
- (anatomy) Specifically, the triceps brachii.
Synonyms
- (muscle in the arm): triceps brachii, triceps extensor cubiti
Related terms
Translations
any muscle having three heads
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triceps brachii — see triceps brachii
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin triceps (“three-headed”).
Pronunciation
Noun
triceps m (plural tricepsen)
Latin
Etymology
From trēs (“three”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtri.keps/, [ˈt̪rɪkɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈt̪riːt͡ʃeps]
Adjective
triceps (genitive tricipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | triceps | tricipitēs | tricipitia | ||
Genitive | tricipitis | tricipitium | |||
Dative | tricipitī | tricipitibus | |||
Accusative | tricipitem | triceps | tricipitēs | tricipitia | |
Ablative | tricipitī | tricipitibus | |||
Vocative | triceps | tricipitēs | tricipitia |
Descendants
References
- “triceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “triceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- triceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Noun
triceps m (plural triceps)
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