zoophorus

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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin zōophorus, from Ancient Greek ζωοφόρος (zōophóros).

Pronunciation

Noun

zoophorus (plural zoophori)

  1. (architecture) The frieze of a column, especially one decorated with animals.

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζωοφόρος (zōophóros).

Pronunciation

Noun

zōophorus m (genitive zōophorī); second declension

  1. (architecture) zoophorus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative zōophorus zōophorī
Genitive zōophorī zōophorōrum
Dative zōophorō zōophorīs
Accusative zōophorum zōophorōs
Ablative zōophorō zōophorīs
Vocative zōophore zōophorī

Descendants

  • → English: zoophorus (learned)
  • → French: zoophore (learned)

Further reading

  • “zoophorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • zoophorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • zoophorus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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