africus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Āfricus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.fri.kus/, [ˈaː.frɪ.kʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.fri.kus/, [ˈaː.fri.kus]
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | āfricus | āfrica | āfricum | āfricī | āfricae | āfrica | |
| Genitive | āfricī | āfricae | āfricī | āfricōrum | āfricārum | āfricōrum | |
| Dative | āfricō | āfricae | āfricō | āfricīs | āfricīs | āfricīs | |
| Accusative | āfricum | āfricam | āfricum | āfricōs | āfricās | āfrica | |
| Ablative | āfricō | āfricā | āfricō | āfricīs | āfricīs | āfricīs | |
| Vocative | āfrice | āfrica | āfricum | āfricī | āfricae | āfrica | |
Descendants
- Spanish: áfrico
- Chakavian: japrk (a southeastern wind)
References
- Afrĭcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the wind is turning to the south-west: ventus se vertit in Africum
- (ambiguous) to give a brief exposition of the geography of Africa: Africae situm paucis exponere
- the wind is turning to the south-west: ventus se vertit in Africum
- africus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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