anfractuosus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ānfrāctus (“bend; circuitous route”) + -ōsus
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /an.fraːk.tuˈoː.sus/, [ä̃ːfräːkt̪uˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an.frak.tuˈo.sus/, [äɱfräkt̪uˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective[edit]
ānfrāctuōsus (feminine ānfrāctuōsa, neuter ānfrāctuōsum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)
- circuitous, roundabout
- prolix, excessively wordy
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ānfrāctuōsus | ānfrāctuōsa | ānfrāctuōsum | ānfrāctuōsī | ānfrāctuōsae | ānfrāctuōsa | |
| Genitive | ānfrāctuōsī | ānfrāctuōsae | ānfrāctuōsī | ānfrāctuōsōrum | ānfrāctuōsārum | ānfrāctuōsōrum | |
| Dative | ānfrāctuōsō | ānfrāctuōsō | ānfrāctuōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | ānfrāctuōsum | ānfrāctuōsam | ānfrāctuōsum | ānfrāctuōsōs | ānfrāctuōsās | ānfrāctuōsa | |
| Ablative | ānfrāctuōsō | ānfrāctuōsā | ānfrāctuōsō | ānfrāctuōsīs | |||
| Vocative | ānfrāctuōse | ānfrāctuōsa | ānfrāctuōsum | ānfrāctuōsī | ānfrāctuōsae | ānfrāctuōsa | |
References[edit]
- “anfractuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “anfractuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers