heteroclitus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑτερόκλιτος (heteróklitos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + κλίνω (klínō, “lean, incline”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /he.teˈro.kli.tus/, [hɛt̪ɛˈrɔklʲɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.teˈro.kli.tus/, [et̪eˈrɔːklit̪us]
Adjective
[edit]heteroclitus (feminine heteroclita, neuter heteroclitum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- → English: heteroclitic
- → French: hétéroclite (learned)
- → German: heteroklitisch
- → Italian: eteroclito (learned)
References
[edit]- “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.