aequivocus
Latin
Etymology
aequus (“equal”) + -i- (connecting vowel) + -vocus (“having meaning”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ae̯ˈkʷɪ.wɔ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈkʷiː.vo.kus]
Adjective
aequivocus (feminine aequivoca, neuter aequivocum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | aequivocus | aequivoca | aequivocum | aequivocī | aequivocae | aequivoca | |
genitive | aequivocī | aequivocae | aequivocī | aequivocōrum | aequivocārum | aequivocōrum | |
dative | aequivocō | aequivocae | aequivocō | aequivocīs | |||
accusative | aequivocum | aequivocam | aequivocum | aequivocōs | aequivocās | aequivoca | |
ablative | aequivocō | aequivocā | aequivocō | aequivocīs | |||
vocative | aequivoce | aequivoca | aequivocum | aequivocī | aequivocae | aequivoca |
Descendants
- English: equivocal
- French: équivoque
- Italian: equivoco
- Portuguese: equívoco
- Romanian: echivoc
- Spanish: equívoco
References
- “aequivocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "aequivocus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aequivocus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.