Latin

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Etymology

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ab- (from”, “away) +‎ nōrma (standard) +‎ -is (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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abnōrmis (neuter abnōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (Late Latin) deviating or departing from a fixed rule or standard; abnormal, irregular, unorthodox

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative abnōrmis abnōrme abnōrmēs abnōrmia
Genitive abnōrmis abnōrmium
Dative abnōrmī abnōrmibus
Accusative abnōrmem abnōrme abnōrmēs
abnōrmīs
abnōrmia
Ablative abnōrmī abnōrmibus
Vocative abnōrmis abnōrme abnōrmēs abnōrmia

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: abnormous
  • Italian: abnorme
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abnorm
  • Romanian: abnorm

References

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  • abnormis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abnormis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • abnormis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • abnormis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.