luctificus

Latin

Etymology

From lūctus (“mourning, grief”) +‎ -i- +‎ -ficus (“-making”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːkˈti.fi.kus/, [ɫ̪uːkˈt̪ɪfɪkʊs̠]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lukˈti.fi.kus/, [lukˈt̪iːfikus]

Adjective

lūctificus (feminine lūctifica, neuter lūctificum, comparative lūctificior, superlative lūctificissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. baleful
2. causing grief

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lūctificus	lūctifica	lūctificum		lūctificī	lūctificae	lūctifica
genitive	lūctificī	lūctificae	lūctificī		lūctificōrum	lūctificārum	lūctificōrum
dative	lūctificō	lūctificae	lūctificō		lūctificīs
accusative	lūctificum	lūctificam	lūctificum		lūctificōs	lūctificās	lūctifica
ablative	lūctificō	lūctificā	lūctificō		lūctificīs
vocative	lūctifice	lūctifica	lūctificum		lūctificī	lūctificae	lūctifica

References

• “lūctificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• luctificus in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968