calorificus

Latin

Etymology

From calor (“warmth, heat”) + faciō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.loːˈri.fi.kus/, [käɫ̪oːˈrɪfɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.loˈri.fi.kus/, [käloˈriːfikus]

Adjective

calōrificus (feminine calōrifica, neuter calōrificum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Causing or promoting warmth, warming or heating.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	calōrificus	calōrifica	calōrificum		calōrificī	calōrificae	calōrifica
Genitive	calōrificī	calōrificae	calōrificī		calōrificōrum	calōrificārum	calōrificōrum
Dative	calōrificō		calōrificō		calōrificīs
Accusative	calōrificum	calōrificam	calōrificum		calōrificōs	calōrificās	calōrifica
Ablative	calōrificō	calōrificā	calōrificō		calōrificīs
Vocative	calōrifice	calōrifica	calōrificum		calōrificī	calōrificae	calōrifica

Related terms

Related terms

• caldāmentum
• caldāria
• caldāriola
• caldārium
• caldārius
• caldor
• calefaciō
• calefactābilis
• calefactiō
• calefactō
• calefactōrius
• calefactus
• caleō
• calēscō
• calida
• calidē
• calidum
• calidus
• calor
• calōrātus

Descendants

• Catalan: calorífic
• English: calorific
• French: calorifique
• Italian: calorifico
• Portuguese: calorífico
• Spanish: calorífico

References

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