differtus

Latin

Etymology

Formed as if it was the perfect passive participle of a verb *differciō, from dis- +‎ farciō (“to cram, stuff”). Compare cōnfertus from cōnferciō etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /difˈfer.tus/, [d̪ɪfˈfɛrt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfer.tus/, [d̪ifˈfɛrt̪us]

Adjective

differtus (feminine differta, neuter differtum); first/second-declension adjective

1. stuffed full, crowded, swarming

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	differtus	differta	differtum		differtī	differtae	differta
genitive	differtī	differtae	differtī		differtōrum	differtārum	differtōrum
dative	differtō	differtae	differtō		differtīs
accusative	differtum	differtam	differtum		differtōs	differtās	differta
ablative	differtō	differtā	differtō		differtīs
vocative	differte	differta	differtum		differtī	differtae	differta

Related terms

• cōnfertus
• fartus
• refertus

References

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