saxifragus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From saxum (“a stone, rock”) + frangō (“break, shatter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sakˈsi.fra.ɡus/, [s̠äkˈs̠ɪfräɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sakˈsi.fra.ɡus/, [säkˈsiːfräɡus]
Adjective
[edit]saxifragus (feminine saxifraga, neuter saxifragum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | saxifragus | saxifraga | saxifragum | saxifragī | saxifragae | saxifraga | |
genitive | saxifragī | saxifragae | saxifragī | saxifragōrum | saxifragārum | saxifragōrum | |
dative | saxifragō | saxifragae | saxifragō | saxifragīs | |||
accusative | saxifragum | saxifragam | saxifragum | saxifragōs | saxifragās | saxifraga | |
ablative | saxifragō | saxifragā | saxifragō | saxifragīs | |||
vocative | saxifrage | saxifraga | saxifragum | saxifragī | saxifragae | saxifraga |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: salsufragi
- Galician: seixebra
References
[edit]- “saxifragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “saxifragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- saxifragus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.