forensis

Latin

Etymology

From forum +‎ -ēnsis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /foˈren.sis/, [fɔˈrẽːs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /foˈren.sis/, [foˈrɛnsis]

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.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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

• (public): pūblicus

Related terms

• forum

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016