deiformis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from deus (“god”) + -fōrmis (“-shaped”), a calque of Ancient Greek θεοειδής (theoeidḗs, “godlike”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /de.iˈfoːr.mis/, [d̪eɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.iˈfor.mis/, [d̪eiˈfɔrmis]
Adjective[edit]
deifōrmis (neuter deifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (Medieval Latin) deiform:
- (literally) godlike
- conformable to the will of God
Inflection[edit]
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | deifōrmis | deifōrme | deifōrmēs | deifōrmia | |
| Genitive | deifōrmis | deifōrmium | |||
| Dative | deifōrmī | deifōrmibus | |||
| Accusative | deifōrmem | deifōrme | deifōrmēs deifōrmīs |
deifōrmia | |
| Ablative | deifōrmī | deifōrmibus | |||
| Vocative | deifōrmis | deifōrme | deifōrmēs | deifōrmia | |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- deiformis 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)