aequivocus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
aequus (“equal”) + -i- (connecting vowel) + -vocus (“having meaning”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈkʷi.u̯o.kus/, [äe̯ˈkʷiu̯ɔkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈkwi.vo.kus/, [eˈkwiːvokus]
Adjective edit
aequivocus (feminine aequivoca, neuter aequivocum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aequivocus | aequivoca | aequivocum | aequivocī | aequivocae | aequivoca | |
| Genitive | aequivocī | aequivocae | aequivocī | aequivocōrum | aequivocārum | aequivocōrum | |
| Dative | aequivocō | aequivocō | aequivocīs | ||||
| Accusative | aequivocum | aequivocam | aequivocum | aequivocōs | aequivocās | aequivoca | |
| Ablative | aequivocō | aequivocā | aequivocō | aequivocīs | |||
| Vocative | aequivoce | aequivoca | aequivocum | aequivocī | aequivocae | aequivoca | |
Descendants edit
- English: equivocal
- French: équivoque
- Italian: equivoco
- Portuguese: equívoco
- Romanian: echivoc
- Spanish: equívoco
References edit
- “aequivocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aequivocus 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)
- aequivocus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.