diabolus

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English

Etymology

From Latin diabolus. Doublet of devil, diable, and diablo.

Noun

diabolus (plural diaboluses)

  1. (music) Synonym of tritone

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, slanderer).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    diabolus m (genitive diabolī); second declension

    1. devil

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative diabolus diabolī
    Genitive diabolī diabolōrum
    Dative diabolō diabolīs
    Accusative diabolum diabolōs
    Ablative diabolō diabolīs
    Vocative diabole diabolī

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    (probably all semi-learned)

    References

    1. ^ Peter Christian Jacobsen and Peter Orth (2020 June 14) “Materialien zu einem Lexikon der irregulären lateinischen Prosodie”, in www.mgh.de (in German)

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