atrophus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄτροφος (átrophos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tro.pʰus/, [ˈät̪rɔpʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tro.fus/, [ˈäːt̪rofus]

Adjective

atrophus (feminine atropha, neuter atrophum); first/second-declension adjective

1. atrophying; atrophic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	atrophus	atropha	atrophum		atrophī	atrophae	atropha
Genitive	atrophī	atrophae	atrophī		atrophōrum	atrophārum	atrophōrum
Dative	atrophō		atrophō		atrophīs
Accusative	atrophum	atropham	atrophum		atrophōs	atrophās	atropha
Ablative	atrophō	atrophā	atrophō		atrophīs
Vocative	atrophe	atropha	atrophum		atrophī	atrophae	atropha

Related terms

• atrophia

References

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