salvificus

Latin

Etymology

From salv(us) (“safe, well”) +‎ -i- +‎ -ficus (suffix denoting making).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /salˈu̯i.fi.kus/, [s̠äɫ̪ˈu̯ɪfɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /salˈvi.fi.kus/, [sälˈviːfikus]

Adjective

salvificus (feminine salvifica, neuter salvificum); first/second-declension adjective

1. saving

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	salvificus	salvifica	salvificum		salvificī	salvificae	salvifica
genitive	salvificī	salvificae	salvificī		salvificōrum	salvificārum	salvificōrum
dative	salvificō	salvificae	salvificō		salvificīs
accusative	salvificum	salvificam	salvificum		salvificōs	salvificās	salvifica
ablative	salvificō	salvificā	salvificō		salvificīs
vocative	salvifice	salvifica	salvificum		salvificī	salvificae	salvifica

Descendants

• Catalan: salvífic
• English: salvific
• Galician: salvífico
• Italian: salvifico
• Portuguese: salvífico
• Spanish: salvífico

References

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