orthodoxus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρθόδοξος (orthódoxos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /or.tʰoˈdok.sus/, [ɔrt̪ʰɔˈd̪ɔks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /or.toˈdok.sus/, [ort̪oˈd̪ɔksus]

Adjective

orthodoxus (feminine orthodoxa, neuter orthodoxum, comparative orthodoxior, superlative orthodoxissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. orthodox

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	orthodoxus	orthodoxa	orthodoxum		orthodoxī	orthodoxae	orthodoxa
Genitive	orthodoxī	orthodoxae	orthodoxī		orthodoxōrum	orthodoxārum	orthodoxōrum
Dative	orthodoxō		orthodoxō		orthodoxīs
Accusative	orthodoxum	orthodoxam	orthodoxum		orthodoxōs	orthodoxās	orthodoxa
Ablative	orthodoxō	orthodoxā	orthodoxō		orthodoxīs
Vocative	orthodoxe	orthodoxa	orthodoxum		orthodoxī	orthodoxae	orthodoxa

Descendants

• Catalan: ortodox
• → English: orthodox
• French: orthodoxe
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اورتودوقس (Ortodoks)
    • Turkish: Ortodoks
  • → Persian: ارتدکس (ortodoks)
• → German: orthodox
• Italian: ortodosso
• Portuguese: ortodoxo
• Romanian: ortodox
• Spanish: ortodoxo

References

• “orthodoxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• orthodoxus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• orthodoxus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016