multiformis

Latin

Etymology

From multus (“many”) +‎ -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mul.tiˈfoːr.mis/, [mʊɫ̪t̪ɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mul.tiˈfor.mis/, [mul̪t̪iˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

multifōrmis (neuter multifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. multiform
2. various, diverse, manifold

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	multifōrmis	multifōrme		multifōrmēs	multifōrmia
Genitive	multifōrmis			multifōrmium
Dative	multifōrmī			multifōrmibus
Accusative	multifōrmem	multifōrme		multifōrmēs multifōrmīs	multifōrmia
Ablative	multifōrmī			multifōrmibus
Vocative	multifōrmis	multifōrme		multifōrmēs	multifōrmia

Descendants

• Catalan: multiforme
• → English: multiform

References

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