triformis

Latin

Etymology

From trēs (“three”) +‎ -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈfoːr.mis/, [t̪rɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈfor.mis/, [t̪riˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

trifōrmis (neuter trifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. having three forms, shapes, or natures; threefold, triple, triform

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	trifōrmis	trifōrme		trifōrmēs	trifōrmia
genitive	trifōrmis			trifōrmium
dative	trifōrmī			trifōrmibus
accusative	trifōrmem	trifōrme		trifōrmēs trifōrmīs	trifōrmia
ablative	trifōrmī			trifōrmibus
vocative	trifōrmis	trifōrme		trifōrmēs	trifōrmia

Descendants

• English: triform
• Spanish: triforme

References

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