antefixus

Latin

Etymology

ante- +‎ fīxus, perfect passive participle of fīgō (“to affix”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.teˈfiːk.sus/, [än̪t̪ɛˈfiːks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.teˈfik.sus/, [än̪t̪eˈfiksus]

Adjective

antefīxus (feminine antefīxa, neuter antefīxum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) fastened in front of, nailed to

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	antefīxus	antefīxa	antefīxum		antefīxī	antefīxae	antefīxa
genitive	antefīxī	antefīxae	antefīxī		antefīxōrum	antefīxārum	antefīxōrum
dative	antefīxō	antefīxae	antefīxō		antefīxīs
accusative	antefīxum	antefīxam	antefīxum		antefīxōs	antefīxās	antefīxa
ablative	antefīxō	antefīxā	antefīxō		antefīxīs
vocative	antefīxe	antefīxa	antefīxum		antefīxī	antefīxae	antefīxa

Derived terms

• antefīxa

References

• “antefixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “antefixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers