zoophorus

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin zōophorus, from Ancient Greek ζωοφόρος (zōophóros).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zəʊˈɒf.əɹ.əs/

Noun

zoophorus (plural zoophori)

1. (architecture) The frieze of a column, especially one decorated with animals.

Derived terms

• zoophoric

Latin

Alternative forms

• zōophoros, zōphorus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζωοφόρος (zōophóros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /zoːˈo.pʰo.rus/, [d̪͡z̪oːˈɔpʰɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zoˈo.fo.rus/, [d̪͡z̪oˈɔːforus]

Noun

zōophorus m (genitive zōophorī); second declension

1. (architecture) zoophorus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	zōophorus	zōophorī
genitive	zōophorī	zōophorōrum
dative	zōophorō	zōophorīs
accusative	zōophorum	zōophorōs
ablative	zōophorō	zōophorīs
vocative	zōophore	zōophorī

Descendants

• → English: zoophorus (learned)
• → French: zoophore (learned)

Further reading

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