multiforus

Latin

Etymology

multus (“many”) +‎ forō (“to pierce”) +‎ -us (forming adjectives)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mulˈti.fo.rus/, [mʊɫ̪ˈt̪ɪfɔrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mulˈti.fo.rus/, [mul̪ˈt̪iːforus]

Adjective

multiforus (feminine multifora, neuter multiforum); first/second-declension adjective

1. pierced with many holes

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	multiforus	multifora	multiforum		multiforī	multiforae	multifora
Genitive	multiforī	multiforae	multiforī		multiforōrum	multiforārum	multiforōrum
Dative	multiforō		multiforō		multiforīs
Accusative	multiforum	multiforam	multiforum		multiforōs	multiforās	multifora
Ablative	multiforō	multiforā	multiforō		multiforīs
Vocative	multifore	multifora	multiforum		multiforī	multiforae	multifora

References

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