anfractus

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Latin

Etymology

From ambi- +‎ frangō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ānfrāctus (feminine ānfrācta, neuter ānfrāctum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. winding, bending
  2. crooked, bent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ānfrāctus ānfrācta ānfrāctum ānfrāctī ānfrāctae ānfrācta
Genitive ānfrāctī ānfrāctae ānfrāctī ānfrāctōrum ānfrāctārum ānfrāctōrum
Dative ānfrāctō ānfrāctō ānfrāctīs
Accusative ānfrāctum ānfrāctam ānfrāctum ānfrāctōs ānfrāctās ānfrācta
Ablative ānfrāctō ānfrāctā ānfrāctō ānfrāctīs
Vocative ānfrācte ānfrācta ānfrāctum ānfrāctī ānfrāctae ānfrācta

Noun

ānfrāctus m (genitive ānfrāctūs); fourth declension

  1. bend, curve, turning
  2. curvature
  3. circuit, revolution

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ānfrāctus ānfrāctūs
Genitive ānfrāctūs ānfrāctuum
Dative ānfrāctuī ānfrāctibus
Accusative ānfrāctum ānfrāctūs
Ablative ānfrāctū ānfrāctibus
Vocative ānfrāctus ānfrāctūs

Derived terms

References

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