vulgaris
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From vulgus (“the multitude, the masses”) + -āris.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯ulˈɡaː.ris/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈɡäːrɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vulˈɡa.ris/, [vulˈɡäːris]
Adjective edit
vulgāris (neuter vulgāre, superlative vulgārissimus, adverb vulgāre or vulgāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective
Usage notes edit
In New Latin, within taxonomic binomial nomenclature, vulgaris is a specific epithet in many genera, across all kingdoms, denoting a common (prevalent) species of the genus (for example, Beta vulgaris, Vespula vulgaris, Sturnus vulgaris), and within disease classification and nomenclature (nosology), it denotes the common or classic form of any of various disorders (for example, acne vulgaris, impetigo vulgaris, psoriasis vulgaris).
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vulgāris | vulgāre | vulgārēs | vulgāria | |
| Genitive | vulgāris | vulgārium | |||
| Dative | vulgārī | vulgāribus | |||
| Accusative | vulgārem | vulgāre | vulgārēs vulgārīs |
vulgāria | |
| Ablative | vulgārī | vulgāribus | |||
| Vocative | vulgāris | vulgāre | vulgārēs | vulgāria | |
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “vulgaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vulgaris 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)
- vulgaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.