hydrophobus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑδροφόβος (hudrophóbos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hyˈdro.pʰo.bus/, [hʏˈd̪rɔpʰɔbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈdro.fo.bus/, [iˈd̪rɔːfobus]

Adjective

hydrophobus (feminine hydrophoba, neuter hydrophobum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hydrophobic, having hydrophobia

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hydrophobus	hydrophoba	hydrophobum		hydrophobī	hydrophobae	hydrophoba
Genitive	hydrophobī	hydrophobae	hydrophobī		hydrophobōrum	hydrophobārum	hydrophobōrum
Dative	hydrophobō		hydrophobō		hydrophobīs
Accusative	hydrophobum	hydrophobam	hydrophobum		hydrophobōs	hydrophobās	hydrophoba
Ablative	hydrophobō	hydrophobā	hydrophobō		hydrophobīs
Vocative	hydrophobe	hydrophoba	hydrophobum		hydrophobī	hydrophobae	hydrophoba

Noun

hydrophobus m (genitive hydrophobī); second declension

1. a hydrophobe, hydrophobic person

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hydrophobus	hydrophobī
Genitive	hydrophobī	hydrophobōrum
Dative	hydrophobō	hydrophobīs
Accusative	hydrophobum	hydrophobōs
Ablative	hydrophobō	hydrophobīs
Vocative	hydrophobe	hydrophobī

Related terms

• hydrophobia
• hydrophobicus

References

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