antefixus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ante- + fīxus, perfect passive participle of fīgō (“to affix”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /an.teˈfiːk.sus/, [än̪t̪ɛˈfiːks̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an.teˈfik.sus/, [än̪t̪eˈfiksus]
Adjective
[edit]antefīxus (feminine antefīxa, neuter antefīxum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | antefīxus | antefīxa | antefīxum | antefīxī | antefīxae | antefīxa | |
| Genitive | antefīxī | antefīxae | antefīxī | antefīxōrum | antefīxārum | antefīxōrum | |
| Dative | antefīxō | antefīxō | antefīxīs | ||||
| Accusative | antefīxum | antefīxam | antefīxum | antefīxōs | antefīxās | antefīxa | |
| Ablative | antefīxō | antefīxā | antefīxō | antefīxīs | |||
| Vocative | antefīxe | antefīxa | antefīxum | antefīxī | antefīxae | antefīxa | |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “antefixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “antefixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers