terrester

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Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

terrester (feminine terrestris, neuter terrestre); third-declension three-termination adjective

  1. Alternative form of terrestris

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative terrester terrestris terrestre terrestrēs terrestria
Genitive terrestris terrestrium
Dative terrestrī terrestribus
Accusative terrestrem terrestre terrestrēs terrestria
Ablative terrestrī terrestribus
Vocative terrester terrestris terrestre terrestrēs terrestria

References

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

Swedish

Adjective

terrester

  1. terrestrial

Declension

Inflection of terrester
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular terrester terrestrare terrestrast
Neuter singular terrestert terrestrare terrestrast
Plural terrestra terrestrare terrestrast
Masculine plural3 terrestre terrestrare terrestrast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 terrestre terrestrare terrestraste
All terrestra terrestrare terrestraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Synonyms

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