centifidus

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Latin

Etymology

From centi- (“hundred”) +‎ -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

centifidus (feminine centifida, neuter centifidum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. centifidous, divided into 100 parts
  2. Synonym of multifidus, divided in many parts

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative centifidus centifida centifidum centifidī centifidae centifida
genitive centifidī centifidae centifidī centifidōrum centifidārum centifidōrum
dative centifidō centifidae centifidō centifidīs
accusative centifidum centifidam centifidum centifidōs centifidās centifida
ablative centifidō centifidā centifidō centifidīs
vocative centifide centifida centifidum centifidī centifidae centifida

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • → English: centifidous

References

  • “centifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • centifidus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • centifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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