triennis

Latin

Etymology

From tri- (“three”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [triˈɛn.nɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [triˈɛn.nis]

Adjective

triennis (neuter trienne); third-declension two-termination adjective (only attested post-classically)

1. three-year-old

   Synonyms: trīmus, triennālis

   • Vulgata—Genesis 15.9:

     Dixitque ad eum : Ego Dominus qui eduxi te de Ur Chaldæorum ut darem tibi terram istam, et possideres eam. At ille ait : Domine Deus, unde scire possum quod possessurus sim eam ? Et respondens Dominus : Sume, inquit, mihi vaccam triennem, et capram trimam, et arietem annorum trium, turturem quoque et columbam.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. of three years, lasting three years

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	triennis	trienne		triennēs	triennia
genitive	triennis			triennium
dative	triennī			triennibus
accusative	triennem	trienne		triennīs triennēs	triennia
ablative	triennī			triennibus
vocative	triennis	trienne		triennēs	triennia

Coordinate terms

• biennis
• quadriennis
• quīnquennis
• sexennis
• septuennis
• octennis
• novennis
• decennis
• ūndecennis
• duodecennis
• trēdecennis
• trēdennis
• quattuordecennis
• quīndecennis
• sēdecennis
• septendecennis
• duodēvīcennis
• undēvīcennis
• vīcennis
• trīcennis
• quadrāgennis
• quīnquāgennis
• sexāgennis
• septuāgennis
• octōgennis
• nōnāgennis
• centennis
• ducentennis
• trecentennis
• quadringentennis
• quīngentennis
• sescentennis
• septingentennis
• octingentennis
• nōngentennis
• mīllennis

Derived terms

• triennālis
• triennia
• triennium

References

• “triennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “triennis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.