allegoricus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /al.leːˈɡo.ri.kus/, [älːʲeːˈɡɔrɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.leˈɡo.ri.kus/, [älːeˈɡɔːrikus]

Adjective

allēgoricus (feminine allēgorica, neuter allēgoricum); first/second-declension adjective

1. allegorical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	allēgoricus	allēgorica	allēgoricum		allēgoricī	allēgoricae	allēgorica
Genitive	allēgoricī	allēgoricae	allēgoricī		allēgoricōrum	allēgoricārum	allēgoricōrum
Dative	allēgoricō		allēgoricō		allēgoricīs
Accusative	allēgoricum	allēgoricam	allēgoricum		allēgoricōs	allēgoricās	allēgorica
Ablative	allēgoricō	allēgoricā	allēgoricō		allēgoricīs
Vocative	allēgorice	allēgorica	allēgoricum		allēgoricī	allēgoricae	allēgorica

Descendants

• Catalan: al·legòric
• French: allégorique
• Galician: alegórico
• Italian: allegorico
• Portuguese: alegórico
• Spanish: alegórico

References

• “allegoricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• allegoricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.