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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=triquetrus triquetra, triquetrum ADJ :: [[three cornered]], [[triangular]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>trĭquē̆trus</b>: a, um, adj.,<br /><b>I</b> having [[three]] corners, [[three]]-cornered, triangular.<br /><b>I</b> 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.: trĭquē̆trum, 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>trĭquĕtrus</b>,¹⁴ a, um, qui a trois angles, triangulaire : Lucr. 4, 653 ; Plin. 2, 93 ; [forme de la Grande Bretagne] Cæs. G. 5, 13 &#124;&#124; relatif à la Sicile [à cause des 3&nbsp;pointes de [[cette]] île], Sicilien : Lucr. 1, 717 ; Hor. S. 2, 6, 55 ; Quint. 1, 6, 30.
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{{Georges
|georg=triquetrus, a, um, I) [[dreieckig]], [[littera]] (das griech. Δ), Amm.: [[insula]], [[von]] Britannien, Caes.: [[ager]], Colum.: [[esse]] triquetra aliis, aliis quadrata [[necesse]] est, Lucr. – subst., [[triquetrum]], ī, n., der Gedrittschein, Plin.: so [[auch]] [[Iovis]] sidere triquetro, Plin. – II) ([[weil]] Sizilien [[von]] seiner dreieckigen [[Gestalt]] Triquetra hieß [s. Plin. 3, 86], dah. =) sizilisch, orae, Lucr.: [[tellus]], Hor. – / e ist [[lang]] [[gemessen]] [[bei]] Lucr. 4, 651 u. Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 6, 55, [[kurz]] [[bei]] Lucr. 1, 717. Sil. 6, 489.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=triquetrus, a, um. ''adj''. :: [[三隅者]]。[[三棱者]]
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