nubifugus

Latin

Etymology

From nūbēs (“cloud”) +‎ fugiō (“flee, hasten”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nuːˈbi.fu.ɡus/, [nuːˈbɪfʊɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nuˈbi.fu.ɡus/, [nuˈbiːfuɡus]

Adjective

nūbifugus (feminine nūbifuga, neuter nūbifugum); first/second-declension adjective

1. cloud-chasing

   nubifugus Boreas ― the cloud-chasing North Wind

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nūbifugus	nūbifuga	nūbifugum		nūbifugī	nūbifugae	nūbifuga
Genitive	nūbifugī	nūbifugae	nūbifugī		nūbifugōrum	nūbifugārum	nūbifugōrum
Dative	nūbifugō		nūbifugō		nūbifugīs
Accusative	nūbifugum	nūbifugam	nūbifugum		nūbifugōs	nūbifugās	nūbifuga
Ablative	nūbifugō	nūbifugā	nūbifugō		nūbifugīs
Vocative	nūbifuge	nūbifuga	nūbifugum		nūbifugī	nūbifugae	nūbifuga

References

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