Definition of Triscele

1. triskele [n -S] - See also: triskele

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triscele

triradical
triradicals
triradius
trirectangular
trireme
triremes
trirhomboidal
tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane
tris(hydroxymethyl)methylamine
tris-
trisaccharide
trisaccharides
trisacramentarian
trisagion
trisaturated
triscele (current term)
trisceles
trisect
trisected
trisecting
trisection
trisections
trisector
trisectors
trisects
triselenide
triselenides
triseme
trisemes
trisemic

Literary usage of Triscele

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"The sun was often symbolized in Asia Minor by a triscele — that is, a disk around which radiated three legs joined at the thigh ; at other times it was ..."

2. Periodico di numismatica e sfragistica per la storia d'Italia (1872)
"Ma come alla Sicilia probabilmente dai Greci dell'Asia minore fosse applicato il simbolo della triscele, verrà in qualche modo a spiegarsi, quando si pensi ..."

3. Studi e materiali di archeologia e numismatica by Luigi Adriano Milani (1902)
"... tipo ben noto della triscele solare.20* Non potrebbe rendersi in maniera più chiara ed efficace il concetto della costellazione Toro, allorché coincide ..."

4. Revue archéologique (1852)
"... le frondeur on toit la triscele (Trinacria} ; dessous, vers le contour, une contre-marque représentant un quadrupède qui tourne la tête en arrière. ..."

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