honorificus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ho.noːˈri.fi.kus/, [hɔnoːˈrɪfɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.noˈri.fi.kus/, [onoˈriːfikus]

Adjective

honōrificus (feminine honōrifica, neuter honōrificum, superlative honōrificentissimus, adverb honōrificē); first/second-declension adjective

1. honorific (that shows or confers honor)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	honōrificus	honōrifica	honōrificum		honōrificī	honōrificae	honōrifica
Genitive	honōrificī	honōrificae	honōrificī		honōrificōrum	honōrificārum	honōrificōrum
Dative	honōrificō		honōrificō		honōrificīs
Accusative	honōrificum	honōrificam	honōrificum		honōrificōs	honōrificās	honōrifica
Ablative	honōrificō	honōrificā	honōrificō		honōrificīs
Vocative	honōrifice	honōrifica	honōrificum		honōrificī	honōrificae	honōrifica

Descendants

• Catalan: honorífic
• English: honorific
• French: honorifique
• Galician: honorífico
• Italian: onorifico
• Piedmontese: onorìfich
• Portuguese: honorífico
• Romanian: onorific
• Spanish: honorífico

References

• “honorificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “honorificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• honorificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.