octaedricus
Latin
editEtymology
editoctaedron (“octahedron”) + -icus (“-al”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ok.taˈe.dri.kus/, [ɔkt̪äˈɛd̪rɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ok.taˈe.dri.kus/, [okt̪äˈɛːd̪rikus]
Adjective
editoctaëdricus (feminine octaëdrica, neuter octaëdricum); first/second-declension adjective
- octahedral, of or pertaining to an octahedron
- 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, page 17:
- Nihil itague profecimus nisi pateat modus, guo calor internus guttam vapidam in tribus diametris, forma octaedrica vel certe sexangula firmet, ut ad eas fiat materiae per condensationem collectio.
- And so we have made no progress unless a way is open, in which the internal heat hardens the vaporous drop in three dimensions in an octahedral or certainly a six-angled shape, so that an accumulation of material can be made to them through condensation.
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | octaëdricus | octaëdrica | octaëdricum | octaëdricī | octaëdricae | octaëdrica | |
Genitive | octaëdricī | octaëdricae | octaëdricī | octaëdricōrum | octaëdricārum | octaëdricōrum | |
Dative | octaëdricō | octaëdricō | octaëdricīs | ||||
Accusative | octaëdricum | octaëdricam | octaëdricum | octaëdricōs | octaëdricās | octaëdrica | |
Ablative | octaëdricō | octaëdricā | octaëdricō | octaëdricīs | |||
Vocative | octaëdrice | octaëdrica | octaëdricum | octaëdricī | octaëdricae | octaëdrica |