antefixus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
ante- + fīxus, perfect passive participle of fīgō (“to affix”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /an.teˈfiːk.sus/, [än̪t̪ɛˈfiːks̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an.teˈfik.sus/, [än̪t̪eˈfiksus]
Adjective edit
antefīxus (feminine antefīxa, neuter antefīxum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | antefīxus | antefīxa | antefīxum | antefīxī | antefīxae | antefīxa | |
| Genitive | antefīxī | antefīxae | antefīxī | antefīxōrum | antefīxārum | antefīxōrum | |
| Dative | antefīxō | antefīxō | antefīxīs | ||||
| Accusative | antefīxum | antefīxam | antefīxum | antefīxōs | antefīxās | antefīxa | |
| Ablative | antefīxō | antefīxā | antefīxō | antefīxīs | |||
| Vocative | antefīxe | antefīxa | antefīxum | antefīxī | antefīxae | antefīxa | |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “antefixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “antefixus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers