pontificatus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔn.tɪ.fɪˈkaː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pon̪.t̪i.fiˈkaː.t̪us]
Noun
pontificātus m (genitive pontificātūs); fourth declension
- pontificate (office of a pontiff/pontifex)
- Synonym: pontificium n
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pontificātus | pontificātūs |
| genitive | pontificātūs | pontificātuum |
| dative | pontificātuī | pontificātibus |
| accusative | pontificātum | pontificātūs |
| ablative | pontificātū | pontificātibus |
| vocative | pontificātus | pontificātūs |
Descendants
- Catalan: pontificat
- English: pontificate
- French: pontificat
- → German: Pontifikat
- Galician: pontificado
- Italian: pontificato
- Polish: pontyfikat
- Portuguese: pontificado
- Romanian: pontificat
- Spanish: pontificado
References
- “pontificatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pontificatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pontificatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.