faeculentus

Latin

Etymology

From faex (“dregs”) +‎ -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fae̯.kuˈlen.tus/, [fäe̯kʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.kuˈlen.tus/, [fekuˈlɛn̪t̪us]

Adjective

faeculentus (feminine faeculenta, neuter faeculentum); first/second-declension adjective

1. abounding in dregs or sediment; thick, impure; feculent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	faeculentus	faeculenta	faeculentum		faeculentī	faeculentae	faeculenta
genitive	faeculentī	faeculentae	faeculentī		faeculentōrum	faeculentārum	faeculentōrum
dative	faeculentō	faeculentae	faeculentō		faeculentīs
accusative	faeculentum	faeculentam	faeculentum		faeculentōs	faeculentās	faeculenta
ablative	faeculentō	faeculentā	faeculentō		faeculentīs
vocative	faeculente	faeculenta	faeculentum		faeculentī	faeculentae	faeculenta

Descendants

• English: feculent
• French: féculent
• Italian: fecolento
• Portuguese: feculento
• Spanish: feculento

References

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