furfuraceus

Latin

Etymology

From furfur (“bran; scales”) +‎ -āceus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fur.fuˈraː.ke.us/, [fʊrfʊˈräːkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fur.fuˈra.t͡ʃe.us/, [furfuˈräːt͡ʃeus]

Adjective

furfurāceus (feminine furfurācea, neuter furfurāceum); first/second-declension adjective

1. scurfy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	furfurāceus	furfurācea	furfurāceum		furfurāceī	furfurāceae	furfurācea
Genitive	furfurāceī	furfurāceae	furfurāceī		furfurāceōrum	furfurāceārum	furfurāceōrum
Dative	furfurāceō		furfurāceō		furfurāceīs
Accusative	furfurāceum	furfurāceam	furfurāceum		furfurāceōs	furfurāceās	furfurācea
Ablative	furfurāceō	furfurāceā	furfurāceō		furfurāceīs
Vocative	furfurācee	furfurācea	furfurāceum		furfurāceī	furfurāceae	furfurācea

Descendants

• Catalan: furfuraci
• → English: furfuraceous
• Galician: furfuráceo
• Italian: forforaceo
• Portuguese: furfuráceo
• Spanish: furfuráceo

References

• “furfuraceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• furfuraceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.