laetificus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
laetus (“cheerful, joyous”) + -ficus (“making”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lae̯ˈti.fi.kus/, [ɫ̪äe̯ˈt̪ɪfɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈti.fi.kus/, [leˈt̪iːfikus]
Adjective edit
laetificus (feminine laetifica, neuter laetificum); first/second-declension adjective
- (poetic) gladdening, glad, joyful, joyous
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | laetificus | laetifica | laetificum | laetificī | laetificae | laetifica | |
| Genitive | laetificī | laetificae | laetificī | laetificōrum | laetificārum | laetificōrum | |
| Dative | laetificō | laetificō | laetificīs | ||||
| Accusative | laetificum | laetificam | laetificum | laetificōs | laetificās | laetifica | |
| Ablative | laetificō | laetificā | laetificō | laetificīs | |||
| Vocative | laetifice | laetifica | laetificum | laetificī | laetificae | laetifica | |
References edit
- “laetificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “laetificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers