munificus

Latin

Etymology

From Latin munus (“gift”) + facio (“I make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /muːˈni.fi.kus/, [muːˈnɪfɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /muˈni.fi.kus/, [muˈniːfikus]

Adjective

mūnificus (feminine mūnifica, neuter mūnificum); first/second-declension adjective

1. bountiful, liberal, benevolent, generous, munificent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mūnificus	mūnifica	mūnificum		mūnificī	mūnificae	mūnifica
genitive	mūnificī	mūnificae	mūnificī		mūnificōrum	mūnificārum	mūnificōrum
dative	mūnificō	mūnificae	mūnificō		mūnificīs
accusative	mūnificum	mūnificam	mūnificum		mūnificōs	mūnificās	mūnifica
ablative	mūnificō	mūnificā	mūnificō		mūnificīs
vocative	mūnifice	mūnifica	mūnificum		mūnificī	mūnificae	mūnifica

Related terms

• mūnificēns
• mūnificentia

Descendants

• English: munific
• Italian: munifico
• Portuguese: munífico

References

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