paragraphus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈra.ɡra.pʰus/, [päˈräɡräpʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈra.ɡra.fus/, [päˈräːɡräfus]
Noun edit
paragraphus f or m (genitive paragraphī); second declension
- paragraph
- 1867, G. Massaja, Lectiones grammaticales pro missionariis qui addiscere volunt linguam amaricam seu vulgarem abyssiniae, nec non et linguam oromonicam seu populorum galla nuncupatorum, Paris, p.268 (headline)
- Paragraphus secundus. De nominibus appellativis seu communibus.
- Second paragraph. Of the appellative or common nouns.
- 1867, G. Massaja, Lectiones grammaticales pro missionariis qui addiscere volunt linguam amaricam seu vulgarem abyssiniae, nec non et linguam oromonicam seu populorum galla nuncupatorum, Paris, p.268 (headline)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | paragraphus | paragraphī |
| Genitive | paragraphī | paragraphōrum |
| Dative | paragraphō | paragraphīs |
| Accusative | paragraphum | paragraphōs |
| Ablative | paragraphō | paragraphīs |
| Vocative | paragraphe | paragraphī |
Descendants edit
- Italian: paragrafo
- Spanish: párrafo
- → Cebuano: parapo
- → Middle French: paragraphe
- Portuguese: parágrafo
- Dutch: paragraaf
References edit
- paragraphus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)