forensis

Latin

Etymology

From forum +‎ -ēnsis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

forēnsis (neuter forēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the market or forum
  2. public
  3. (Late Latin, Christianity) lay (non-clerical)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative forēnsis forēnse forēnsēs forēnsia
genitive forēnsis forēnsium
dative forēnsī forēnsibus
accusative forēnsem forēnse forēnsēs
forēnsīs 		forēnsia
ablative forēnsī forēnsibus
vocative forēnsis forēnse forēnsēs forēnsia

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Italian: forese, → forense (learned)
  • Portuguese: forense
  • Sicilian: furinzi
  • Spanish: forense
  • ⇒ English: forensic

References

  • “forensis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “forensis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "forensis", 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)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to shun publicity: forensi luce carere
  • forensis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “forensis”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 442
  • forensis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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