africus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Āfricus

Etymology

Āfer +‎ -icus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.fri.kus/, [ˈäːfrɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.fri.kus/, [ˈäːfrikus]

Adjective

āfricus (feminine āfrica, neuter āfricum); first/second-declension adjective

1. African

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	āfricus	āfrica	āfricum		āfricī	āfricae	āfrica
Genitive	āfricī	āfricae	āfricī		āfricōrum	āfricārum	āfricōrum
Dative	āfricō		āfricō		āfricīs
Accusative	āfricum	āfricam	āfricum		āfricōs	āfricās	āfrica
Ablative	āfricō	āfricā	āfricō		āfricīs
Vocative	āfrice	āfrica	āfricum		āfricī	āfricae	āfrica

Synonyms

• āfricānus, Āfer

Related terms

• Āfrica
• āfricānus

Descendants

• Dalmatian: *jafrec
  • → Serbo-Croatian: japrk (“southeastern wind”) (Chakavian)
• Galician: ábrego
• Portuguese: ávrego, ábrego
• Spanish: ábrego
• → Portuguese: áfrico
• → Spanish: áfrico

References

• Afrĭcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the wind is turning to the south-west: ventus se vertit in Africum
    
  • (ambiguous) to give a brief exposition of the geography of Africa: Africae situm paucis exponere
    
• “africus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers