hirritus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hirriō (I snarl) +‎ -tus (suffix forming fourth declension action nouns from verbs).

Pronunciation

Noun

hirrītus m (genitive hirrītūs); fourth declension

  1. the snarling of dogs

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative hirrītus hirrītūs
genitive hirrītūs hirrītuum
dative hirrītuī hirrītibus
accusative hirrītum hirrītūs
ablative hirrītū hirrītibus
vocative hirrītus hirrītūs

Further reading

  • hirritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hirritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.