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English
Noun
antefixa (plural antefixae)
- (architecture) Alternative form of antefix
Noun
antefixa
- plural of antefixum
Latin
Etymology
Substantive form of antefīxus (“fastened in front of”).
Pronunciation
Noun
antefīxa n pl (genitive antefīxōrum); second declension
- antefixes (small ornaments affixed to the roofs and gutters of houses or temples)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
References
- “antefixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “antefixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
antefixa f (plural antefixas)
- (architecture) antefix (vertical block which terminates the covering tiles of the roof of a classical temple)