pontificatus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pon.ti.fiˈkaː.tus/, [pɔn̪t̪ɪfɪˈkäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pon.ti.fiˈka.tus/, [pon̪t̪ifiˈkäːt̪us]
Noun edit
pontificātus m (genitive pontificātūs); fourth declension
- pontificate (office of a pontiff/pontifex)
- Synonym: pontificium
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pontificātus | pontificātūs |
| Genitive | pontificātūs | pontificātuum |
| Dative | pontificātuī | pontificātibus |
| Accusative | pontificātum | pontificātūs |
| Ablative | pontificātū | pontificātibus |
| Vocative | pontificātus | pontificātūs |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: pontificat
- English: pontificate
- French: pontificat
- Galician: pontificado
- Italian: pontificato
- Polish: pontyfikat
- Portuguese: pontificado
- Romanian: pontificat
- Spanish: pontificado
References edit
- “pontificatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pontificatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pontificatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.