pygmaeus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Pygmaeī (“a mythical race of pygmies”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pyɡˈmae̯.us/, [pʏɡˈmäe̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /piɡˈme.us/, [piɡˈmɛːus]
Adjective edit
pygmaeus (feminine pygmaea, neuter pygmaeum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to a pygmy or dwarf, especially to the mythical Pygmaeī of Africa.
- Short; of reduced stature.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pygmaeus | pygmaea | pygmaeum | pygmaeī | pygmaeae | pygmaea | |
| Genitive | pygmaeī | pygmaeae | pygmaeī | pygmaeōrum | pygmaeārum | pygmaeōrum | |
| Dative | pygmaeō | pygmaeō | pygmaeīs | ||||
| Accusative | pygmaeum | pygmaeam | pygmaeum | pygmaeōs | pygmaeās | pygmaea | |
| Ablative | pygmaeō | pygmaeā | pygmaeō | pygmaeīs | |||
| Vocative | pygmaee | pygmaea | pygmaeum | pygmaeī | pygmaeae | pygmaea | |