perfluus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From perfluō (“I stream, float”) + -us, from per + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈper.flu.us/, [ˈpɛrfɫ̪uʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.flu.us/, [ˈpɛrfluːs]
Adjective edit
perfluus (feminine perflua, neuter perfluum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | perfluus | perflua | perfluum | perfluī | perfluae | perflua | |
| Genitive | perfluī | perfluae | perfluī | perfluōrum | perfluārum | perfluōrum | |
| Dative | perfluō | perfluō | perfluīs | ||||
| Accusative | perfluum | perfluam | perfluum | perfluōs | perfluās | perflua | |
| Ablative | perfluō | perfluā | perfluō | perfluīs | |||
| Vocative | perflue | perflua | perfluum | perfluī | perfluae | perflua | |
Synonyms edit
- (effeminate): effēminātus
Related terms edit
References edit
- “perfluus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perfluus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.