trigonus
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
Latin > English
trigonus trigona, trigonum ADJ :: triangular; having three angles/corners
trigonus trigonus trigoni N M :: soothing pill; (triangular)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
trĭgōnus: a, um, adj., = τρίγωνος,>
I three-cornered, triangular, trigonal.
I Adj.: signa, Manil. 2, 276: ductus, id. 2, 342.—More freq.,
II Substt.
A trĭgō-num, i, n., = τρίγωνον,> a triangle, trigon, Varr. L. L. 7, 4, 95; Gell. 2, 21, 10; Col. 5, 10, 13; id. Arb. 22, 2; Vitr. 10, 11 fin. — Scanned trĭgŏna, Aus. Idyll. 11, 50; Ecl. Rat. Puerper. 39.—
B trĭgōnus, i, m.; med. t. t., a soothing pill, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 7, 104.
trīgŏnus: i, m.,
I a kind of fish, the sting-ray: Raia pastinaca, Linn.; Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 71 (Fleckeis, trugonum).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) trĭgōnus, a, um, triangulaire : Manil. 2, 276.
(2) trĭgōnus, ī, m., triangle : Grom. 300, 10 ; Apul. Plat. 1, 7 || sorte de pilule triangulaire : C. Aur. Chron. 2, 7, 104.
(3) trīgŏnus ou trygŏnus, ī, m., sorte de thon [poisson] : Pl. Capt. 851.
Latin > German (Georges)
trigōnus, a, um (τρίγωνος), dreieckig, dreiwinkelig, I) adi., Manil. 2, 276 u. 342. Claud. Mam. de stat. anim. 3, 15. p. 780, 4 Migne. Gromat. vet. 249, 8 u.a. – II) subst.: A) trigōnum, ī, n., das Dreieck, Varro LL., Colum. u.a.: stellae faciant trigona, Gedrittschein, Gell. – B) trigōnus, ī, m., das Dreieck, Gromat. vet. 300, 10 u.a. Apul. de Plat. 1, 7 (wo Gold b. ohne Not quod): als mediz. t.t. = eine dreieckige, schmerzstillende Pille, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 2, 7, 104.
