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• TRIDENT (Lat. tridens, lri-, tres, three and dens, tooth)

TRIDENT (See also:

• LAT

Lat. tridens, lri-, tres, three and See also:

• DENS, PETER (1690-1775)

dens, tooth)  , a three-toothed or three-pronged See also:

• FORK (Lat. furca)

fork or See also:

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear . It is and has been from See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive times the typical See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument for spearing See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, the Scottish " leister " (Norw. ljoster), and was thus taken as the badge or See also:

• EMBLEM (Gr. Eµ3Xysa, something put in or inserted, from EµfiiXAew, to throw in)

emblem of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• POSEIDON

Poseidon, the See also:

• GOD

god of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . In See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer (cf . Il. xii . 27; Od. lv . 506 seq.) Poseidon is armed with the rpiaiva (another word is rpLMous, cf . Pind . 01. ix . 45) . The See also:

• TRIDENT (Lat. tridens, lri-, tres, three and dens, tooth)

trident as the See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of the See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty of the sea is found as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as See also:

• ARCHILOCHUS

Archilochus (c . 700 B.C.); a more See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar example is to be found in See also:

• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES (c. 448–385 B.e.1)

Aristophanes (Eq . 839) .

The emblematical figure of Britannia holds the trident as See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress of the sea . In the gladiatorial shows of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome the retiarius was armed with a trident as a weapon .