A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Trapezoid (English noun): 1. (American usage): quadrilateral having only two sides parallel. (= British trapezium) (WIII). 2. (British usage): a quadrilateral having no two sides parallel. (= American trapezium) (WIII); trapezoides,-is (s.n.II), abl. sg. trapezoide, on analogy with: rhomboides,-is (s.n.II), q.v., abl. sg. rhomboide = Gk. r[h]omboeides, in mathematics “a four-sided figure, whose opposite sides and angles are equal, a rhomboid” (Lewis & Short). figura,-ae (s.f.I): ‘form, shape’ + adj. ‘trapezoid:’ singular plural Nom. figura trapezoides figurae trapezoides Gen. figurae trapexoidis figurarum trapezoidum Dat. figurae trapezoidi figuris trapezoidibus Acc. figuram trapexoidem figuras trapezoides Abl. figura trapezoide figuris trapezoidibus - in figura trapeziali, in a trapezial shape or form (a trapezoid).
figura,-ae (s.f.I): ‘form, shape’ + adj. ‘trapezoid:’ singular plural Nom. figura trapezoides figurae trapezoides Gen. figurae trapezoidis figurarum trapezoidum Dat. figurae trapezoidi figuris trapezoidibus Acc. figuram trapezoidem figuras trapezoides Abl. figura trapezoide figuris trapezoidibus - in figura trapeziali, in a trapezial shape or form (a trapezoid).
trapezoid (adj.): trapezoides (adj.C.); trapezialis,-e (adj.B) (WIII), q.v.; singular plural m. & f. n. m. & f. n. Nom. trapezoides trapezoides trapezoides trapezoida Gen. trapezoidis trapezoidum Dat. trapezoidi trapezoidibus Acc. trapezoidem trapizoides trapezoides trapezoida Abl. trapezoide trapezoidibus NOTE: given the definitions of the nouns trapezium and trapezoid being directly opposite in American and British usage, the precise meaning of this adjective in context would be just as confusing as the nouns.