Adjective: triceps
Hyphenation:
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular masc. | triceps |
| Singular fem. | triceps |
| Singular neut. | triceps |
| Plural masc. | tricipitēs |
| Plural fem. | tricipitēs |
| Plural neut. | tricipitia |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | tricipitis |
| Singular fem. | tricipitis |
| Singular neut. | tricipitis |
| Plural masc. | tricipitium |
| Plural fem. | tricipitium |
| Plural neut. | tricipitium |
Dative
| Singular masc. | tricipitī |
| Singular fem. | tricipitī |
| Singular neut. | tricipitī |
| Plural masc. | tricipitibus |
| Plural fem. | tricipitibus |
| Plural neut. | tricipitibus |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | tricipitem |
| Singular fem. | tricipitem |
| Singular neut. | triceps |
| Plural masc. | tricipitīs; tricipitēs |
| Plural fem. | tricipitīs; tricipitēs |
| Plural neut. | tricipitia |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | tricipitī; tricipite |
| Singular fem. | tricipitī; tricipite |
| Singular neut. | tricipitī; tricipite |
| Plural masc. | tricipitibus |
| Plural fem. | tricipitibus |
| Plural neut. | tricipitibus |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | triceps |
| Singular fem. | triceps |
| Singular neut. | triceps |
| Plural masc. | tricipitēs |
| Plural fem. | tricipitēs |
| Plural neut. | tricipitia |
Comparison
Sample Sentences
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Philosophia triceps: naturalis, rationalis, moralis. (Tripartite philosophy: natural, rational, moral.) [1504, Gregor Reisch, Margarita Philosophica, Strasbourg, page titular:]
Adjectives inflected like triceps
laticeps,
rotundiceps,
globiceps,
nūdiceps,
praeceps,
plāniceps,
quadriceps,
centiceps,
albiceps,
lēniceps,
pallidiceps,
ātriceps,
flāviceps,
grandiceps,
triceps,
crassiceps,
nigriceps,
breviceps,
longiceps,
anceps, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *triskaputis. Equivalent to trēs (“three”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Translations