heteroclitus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑτερόκλιτος (heteróklitos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + κλίνω (klínō, “lean, incline”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /he.teˈro.kli.tus/, [hɛt̪ɛˈrɔklʲɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.teˈro.kli.tus/, [et̪eˈrɔːklit̪us]

Adjective

heteroclitus (feminine heteroclita, neuter heteroclitum); first/second-declension adjective

1. heteroclitic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heteroclitus	heteroclita	heteroclitum		heteroclitī	heteroclitae	heteroclita
genitive	heteroclitī	heteroclitae	heteroclitī		heteroclitōrum	heteroclitārum	heteroclitōrum
dative	heteroclitō	heteroclitae	heteroclitō		heteroclitīs
accusative	heteroclitum	heteroclitam	heteroclitum		heteroclitōs	heteroclitās	heteroclita
ablative	heteroclitō	heteroclitā	heteroclitō		heteroclitīs
vocative	heteroclite	heteroclita	heteroclitum		heteroclitī	heteroclitae	heteroclita

Descendants

• → English: heteroclitic
• → French: hétéroclite (learned)
• → German: heteroklitisch
• → Italian: eteroclito (learned)
• → Portuguese: heteróclito (learned)
• → Romanian: heteroclit (learned)
• → Spanish: heteróclito (learned)

References

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