triquetrus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

trĭquē̆trus: a, um, adj.,
I having three corners, three-cornered, triangular.
I 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.—
II 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

trĭquĕtrus,¹⁴ a, um, qui a trois angles, triangulaire : Lucr. 4, 653 ; Plin. 2, 93 ; [forme de la Grande Bretagne] Cæs. G. 5, 13 || relatif à la Sicile [à cause des 3 pointes de cette île], Sicilien : Lucr. 1, 717 ; Hor. S. 2, 6, 55 ; Quint. 1, 6, 30.