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Triceps
‖
Tri′ceps
,Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
triceps
, having three beads; tres
, tria
, three + caput
head: cf. F. triceps
. See Three
, and Chief
.] (Anat.)
A muscle having three heads; specif., the great extensor of the forearm, arising by three heads and inserted into the olecranon at the elbow.
Definition 2024
triceps
triceps
See also: tríceps
English
Noun
triceps (plural triceps or tricepses)
- (anatomy) Any muscle having three heads.
- (anatomy) Specifically, the triceps brachii.
Synonyms
- (muscle in the arm): triceps brachii, triceps extensor cubiti
Related terms
Translations
any muscle having three heads
triceps brachii — see triceps brachii
Latin
Etymology
From trēs (“three”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.keps/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.tʃɛps/
Adjective
triceps m, f, n (genitive tricipitis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | triceps | tricipitēs | tricipitia | ||
| genitive | tricipitis | tricipitium | |||
| dative | tricipitī | tricipitibus | |||
| accusative | tricipitem | triceps | tricipitēs | tricipitia | |
| ablative | tricipitī | tricipitibus | |||
| vocative | triceps | tricipitēs | tricipitia | ||
Descendants
References
- triceps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- triceps in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “triceps”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.