hierographicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱερογραφικός (hierographikós), from ἱερογραφέω (hierographéō, “to write hieroglyphically”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hi.e.roˈɡra.pʰi.kus/, [hiɛrɔˈɡräpʰɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈɡra.fi.kus/, [ieroˈɡräːfikus]

Adjective

hierographicus (feminine hierographica, neuter hierographicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hierographic, of sacred writing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hierographicus	hierographica	hierographicum		hierographicī	hierographicae	hierographica
Genitive	hierographicī	hierographicae	hierographicī		hierographicōrum	hierographicārum	hierographicōrum
Dative	hierographicō		hierographicō		hierographicīs
Accusative	hierographicum	hierographicam	hierographicum		hierographicōs	hierographicās	hierographica
Ablative	hierographicō	hierographicā	hierographicō		hierographicīs
Vocative	hierographice	hierographica	hierographicum		hierographicī	hierographicae	hierographica

Descendants

• English: hierographic

References

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