antefixa

English

Noun

antefixa (plural antefixae)

1. (architecture) Alternative form of antefix

Noun

antefixa

1. plural of antefixum

Latin

Etymology

Substantive form of antefīxus (“fastened in front of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an.teˈfiːk.sa/, [än̪t̪ɛˈfiːks̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.teˈfik.sa/, [än̪t̪eˈfiksä]

Noun

antefīxa n pl (genitive antefīxōrum); second declension

1. antefixes (small ornaments affixed to the roofs and gutters of houses or temples)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	antefīxa
Genitive	antefīxōrum
Dative	antefīxīs
Accusative	antefīxa
Ablative	antefīxīs
Vocative	antefīxa

References

• “antefixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “antefixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.teˈfik.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.teˈfik.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.teˈfik.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.tɨˈfi.ksɐ/

• Hyphenation: an‧te‧fi‧xa

Noun

antefixa f (plural antefixas)

1. (architecture) antefix (vertical block which terminates the covering tiles of the roof of a classical temple)