trimestris

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Latin

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Etymology

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tri- (three) +‎ mēnsis (month) +‎ -tris.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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trimēstris (neuter trimēstre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (relational) lasting three months; three months old

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Italian: trimestre

References

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  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “trimestris”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 71
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēnsis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
  • trimestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • trimestris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.