triennium
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin triennium.
Noun
triennium (plural trienniums or triennia)
Related terms
- (adj.): triennial, trieterical
- (2-year period): biennium
- (4-year period): quadrennium, tetraeteris, tetraeterid
Translations
period of three years
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /triˈen.ni.um/, [t̪riˈɛnːiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /triˈen.ni.um/, [t̪riˈɛnːium]
Noun
triennium n (genitive trienniī or triennī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | triennium | triennia |
Genitive | trienniī triennī1 |
trienniōrum |
Dative | trienniō | trienniīs |
Accusative | triennium | triennia |
Ablative | trienniō | trienniīs |
Vocative | triennium | triennia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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Descendants
References
- “triennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “triennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- triennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.