hieroglyphicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hi.e.roˈɡly.pʰi.kus/, [hiɛrɔˈɡlʲʏpʰɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈɡli.fi.kus/, [ieroˈɡliːfikus]

Adjective

hieroglyphicus (feminine hieroglyphica, neuter hieroglyphicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hieroglyphic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hieroglyphicus	hieroglyphica	hieroglyphicum		hieroglyphicī	hieroglyphicae	hieroglyphica
Genitive	hieroglyphicī	hieroglyphicae	hieroglyphicī		hieroglyphicōrum	hieroglyphicārum	hieroglyphicōrum
Dative	hieroglyphicō		hieroglyphicō		hieroglyphicīs
Accusative	hieroglyphicum	hieroglyphicam	hieroglyphicum		hieroglyphicōs	hieroglyphicās	hieroglyphica
Ablative	hieroglyphicō	hieroglyphicā	hieroglyphicō		hieroglyphicīs
Vocative	hieroglyphice	hieroglyphica	hieroglyphicum		hieroglyphicī	hieroglyphicae	hieroglyphica

Descendants

• English: hieroglyphic

References

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