apogeus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειος (apógeios).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.poˈɡeː.us/, [äpɔˈɡeːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.poˈd͡ʒe.us/, [äpoˈd͡ʒɛːus]
Adjective
apogēus (feminine apogēa, neuter apogēum); first/second-declension adjective
- (blowing) from the land
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | apogēus | apogēa | apogēum | apogēī | apogēae | apogēa | |
| Genitive | apogēī | apogēae | apogēī | apogēōrum | apogēārum | apogēōrum | |
| Dative | apogēō | apogēō | apogēīs | ||||
| Accusative | apogēum | apogēam | apogēum | apogēōs | apogēās | apogēa | |
| Ablative | apogēō | apogēā | apogēō | apogēīs | |||
| Vocative | apogēe | apogēa | apogēum | apogēī | apogēae | apogēa | |
References
- “apogeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- apogeus 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)
- apogeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Noun
apogeus m