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Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
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  - Tridens, tridentis, m. g. Pli.
    Enerie weapon, toole, or instr ument hauing three teeth. Aequoreus tridens. Martial. Infestus. Vir. Sæuus tridens. Vir.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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  - trĭ-dens, entis (abl. tridenti, Verg. A. 1, 145; 2, 418; Sil. 3, 53: tridente, Ov. M. 1, 283; 6, 75; Plin. 9, 15, 20, 51), adj. [tres], having three teeth or tines, three-tined, threepronged, tridented, trident.
    I. Adj.: rostra, Verg. A. 5, 143: aes, Val. Fl. 1, 688: tridenti armatus ferro, Arn. 3, 31.—
    II. Subst.: trĭdens, entis, m., a three-tined spear, a trident, used to spear large fish, Plin. 9, 30, 48, 92; 9, 15, 20, 51; 9, 29, 45, 84.—As an attribute of Neptune, Verg. G. 1, 13; id. A. 2, 610; Prop. 2, 26 (3, 22), 48; Ov. M. 1, 283; 6, 75.—As a weapon of the net-fighters (retiarii), Juv. 8, 203.
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