Triverge

Instead of meaning to turn in two ways, like diverge, triverge means to turn in three ways.
The affranchis, slaves, and whites had trivergent interests; the affranchis wanted to be treated equally as whites but wanted to maintain slavery, the slaves wanted complete freedom, and the whites wanted affranchis and slaves to remain inferior on the social hierarchy.
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Sextcycle

A 6-wheeled bicycle.
(Not to be confused with "hexacycle", which is a 6-wheeled dicycle, or "sexcycle", which is not a vehicle).
A: Hold on, if the difference between a dicycle, which uses the greek prefix "di," and a bicycle, which uses the latin prefix "bi," is that the two wheels are parallel in a dicycle but are inline in a bicycle, then why aren't all three wheels inline in a tricycle? Is it a combination of a bicycle and dicycle but for three wheels?
B: The latin and greek numerical prefix for 3 happen to be the same, "tri." So even though it is a weird hybrid because there are an odd number of wheels, since the numerical prefixes are the same, it doesn't end up mattering. Penta vs quin on the other hand...
A: Oh, so for a sextcycle, the six wheels should be inline to then?
B: A sextcycle? Yes, but having six wheels inline make the vehicle to be unreasonably long and difficult to turn and thus create a situation where an unjustifiable and substantial risk is present.
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