hypotenusa

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

hypŏtēnūsa, ae, f., = ὑποτείνουσα,

I the hypothenuse , Hyg. de Limit. p. 176 Goes. Boëth. Art. Geom. p. 408, 20.

II —Hence, hy-pŏtēnūsālis , e, adj., of or belonging to the hypothenuse , Boëth. Art. Geom. p. 412, 5 al.