catastropha

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa/
• Homophones: catastrophas, catastrophât

Verb

catastropha

1. third-person singular past historic of catastropher

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈtas.tro.pʰa/, [käˈt̪äs̠t̪rɔpʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈtas.tro.fa/, [käˈt̪äst̪rofä]

Noun

catastropha f (genitive catastrophae); first declension

1. a catastrophe

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	catastropha	catastrophae
genitive	catastrophae	catastrophārum
dative	catastrophae	catastrophīs
accusative	catastropham	catastrophās
ablative	catastrophā	catastrophīs
vocative	catastropha	catastrophae

References

• “catastropha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catastropha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.