infernus
Latin
Etymology
From īnferus (“low”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈfer.nus/, [ĩːˈfɛr.nʊs]
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | īnfernus | īnferna | īnfernum | īnfernī | īnfernae | īnferna | |
| Genitive | īnfernī | īnfernae | īnfernī | īnfernōrum | īnfernārum | īnfernōrum | |
| Dative | īnfernō | īnfernae | īnfernō | īnfernīs | īnfernīs | īnfernīs | |
| Accusative | īnfernum | īnfernam | īnfernum | īnfernōs | īnfernās | īnferna | |
| Ablative | īnfernō | īnfernā | īnfernō | īnfernīs | īnfernīs | īnfernīs | |
| Vocative | īnferne | īnferna | īnfernum | īnfernī | īnfernae | īnferna | |
Descendants
- Dalmatian: infiarn
- Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: infern
- Istriot: infierno
- Italian: inferno
- Old French: enfer, enfern
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: infiernu
- Old Occitan: enfern
- Catalan: infern
- Occitan: infèrn, in·hèrn
- Old Portuguese: inferno, iferno
- Old Spanish: infierno
- Spanish: infierno
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: infiêr
- Romansch: enfiern
- Sardinian: iferru
- Sicilian: nfernu, infernu
- → Albanian: ferr
- → Greek: ινφιέρνο (infiérno)
- → Irish: ifreann
- → Maltese: infern
- → Old Saxon: infern
- → Scottish Gaelic: ifrinn
- → Welsh: uffern
References
- infernus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- infernus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- infernus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- infernus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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