infernus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From īnferus (“low”) + -nus (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈfer.nus/, [ĩːˈfɛrnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈfer.nus/, [iɱˈfɛrnus]
Adjective[edit]
īnfernus (feminine īnferna, neuter īnfernum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | īnfernus | īnferna | īnfernum | īnfernī | īnfernae | īnferna | |
Genitive | īnfernī | īnfernae | īnfernī | īnfernōrum | īnfernārum | īnfernōrum | |
Dative | īnfernō | īnfernō | īnfernīs | ||||
Accusative | īnfernum | īnfernam | īnfernum | īnfernōs | īnfernās | īnferna | |
Ablative | īnfernō | īnfernā | īnfernō | īnfernīs | |||
Vocative | īnferne | īnferna | īnfernum | īnfernī | īnfernae | īnferna |
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: infern
- Dalmatian: infiarn
- Istriot: infierno
- Italian: inferno
- → Dutch: inferno
- → English: inferno
- → German: Inferno
- → Italiot Greek: ινφιέρνο (infiérno)
- → Norwegian: inferno
- → Swedish: inferno
- → Romanian: infern
- Old French: enfer, enfern
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: infiernu
- Old Occitan: enfern
- Old Portuguese: inferno, iferno
- Old Spanish: infierno
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Sardinian: iferru, iférru, ifernu
- Sicilian: nfernu, infernu
- → Maltese: infern
- → Albanian: ferr
- → Old Saxon: infern
- → Proto-Brythonic: *ifern
Noun[edit]
īnfernus m (genitive īnfernī); second declension
- the underworld, the netherworld
- Hell
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | īnfernus | īnfernī |
Genitive | īnfernī | īnfernōrum |
Dative | īnfernō | īnfernīs |
Accusative | īnfernum | īnfernōs |
Ablative | īnfernō | īnfernīs |
Vocative | īnferne | īnfernī |
References[edit]
- “infernus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “infernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- infernus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- infernus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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- Latin words suffixed with -nus
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