hieroglyphicus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hi.ɛ.rɔˈɡly.pʰɪ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.e.roˈɡliː.fi.kus]
Adjective
hieroglyphicus (feminine hieroglyphica, neuter hieroglyphicum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | hieroglyphicus | hieroglyphica | hieroglyphicum | hieroglyphicī | hieroglyphicae | hieroglyphica | |
| genitive | hieroglyphicī | hieroglyphicae | hieroglyphicī | hieroglyphicōrum | hieroglyphicārum | hieroglyphicōrum | |
| dative | hieroglyphicō | hieroglyphicae | hieroglyphicō | hieroglyphicīs | |||
| accusative | hieroglyphicum | hieroglyphicam | hieroglyphicum | hieroglyphicōs | hieroglyphicās | hieroglyphica | |
| ablative | hieroglyphicō | hieroglyphicā | hieroglyphicō | hieroglyphicīs | |||
| vocative | hieroglyphice | hieroglyphica | hieroglyphicum | hieroglyphicī | hieroglyphicae | hieroglyphica | |
Descendants
- English: hieroglyphic
References
- “hieroglyphicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hieroglyphicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.