mirificus

Latin

Etymology

From mīrus +‎ -ficus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /miːˈri.fi.kus/, [miːˈrɪfɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈri.fi.kus/, [miˈriːfikus]

Adjective

mīrificus (feminine mīrifica, neuter mīrificum); first/second-declension adjective

1. wonderful, amazing, miraculous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mīrificus	mīrifica	mīrificum		mīrificī	mīrificae	mīrifica
genitive	mīrificī	mīrificae	mīrificī		mīrificōrum	mīrificārum	mīrificōrum
dative	mīrificō	mīrificae	mīrificō		mīrificīs
accusative	mīrificum	mīrificam	mīrificum		mīrificōs	mīrificās	mīrifica
ablative	mīrificō	mīrificā	mīrificō		mīrificīs
vocative	mīrifice	mīrifica	mīrificum		mīrificī	mīrificae	mīrifica

Descendants

• → English: mirific
• → French: mirifique
• → Portuguese: mirífico
• → Spanish: mirífico

References

• “mirificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mirificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mirificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.