blasphemus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /blasˈpʰeː.mus/, [bɫ̪äs̠ˈpʰeːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /blasˈfe.mus/, [bläsˈfɛːmus]

Adjective

blasphēmus (feminine blasphēma, neuter blasphēmum); first/second-declension adjective

1. reviling, defaming
2. blaspheming, blasphemous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blasphēmus	blasphēma	blasphēmum		blasphēmī	blasphēmae	blasphēma
Genitive	blasphēmī	blasphēmae	blasphēmī		blasphēmōrum	blasphēmārum	blasphēmōrum
Dative	blasphēmō		blasphēmō		blasphēmīs
Accusative	blasphēmum	blasphēmam	blasphēmum		blasphēmōs	blasphēmās	blasphēma
Ablative	blasphēmō	blasphēmā	blasphēmō		blasphēmīs
Vocative	blasphēme	blasphēma	blasphēmum		blasphēmī	blasphēmae	blasphēma

Descendants

• → Catalan: blasfem
• → English: blasphemous
• → Italian: blasfemo

References

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