triceps

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

trīceps, cĭpĭtis, adj. [tres-caput; cf. Cic. Or. 48, 159].

I Lit., having three heads , triple-headed : Cerberus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: Hecate (because she was also at the same time Luna and Diana), Ov. M. 7, 194.—*

II Transf., threefold : historia, Varr. L. L. 5, § 148 Müll.

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