praemordicus

Latin

Etymology

prae- +‎ mordicus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈmor.di.kus/, [präe̯ˈmɔrd̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈmor.di.kus/, [preˈmɔrd̪ikus]

Adjective

praemordicus (feminine praemordica, neuter praemordicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. bitten off at one end (as when eating asparagus)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	praemordicus	praemordica	praemordicum		praemordicī	praemordicae	praemordica
genitive	praemordicī	praemordicae	praemordicī		praemordicōrum	praemordicārum	praemordicōrum
dative	praemordicō	praemordicae	praemordicō		praemordicīs
accusative	praemordicum	praemordicam	praemordicum		praemordicōs	praemordicās	praemordica
ablative	praemordicō	praemordicā	praemordicō		praemordicīs
vocative	praemordice	praemordica	praemordicum		praemordicī	praemordicae	praemordica

References

• “praemordicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praemordicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.