diabolicus

Latin

Etymology

From Koine Greek διαβολικός (diabolikós, “devilish”), from διάβολος (diábolos, “the Devil”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /di.aˈbo.li.kus/, [d̪iäˈbɔlʲɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.aˈbo.li.kus/, [d̪iäˈbɔːlikus]

Adjective

diabolicus (feminine diabolica, neuter diabolicum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

1. diabolic
2. relating to the Devil (Satan)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	diabolicus	diabolica	diabolicum		diabolicī	diabolicae	diabolica
Genitive	diabolicī	diabolicae	diabolicī		diabolicōrum	diabolicārum	diabolicōrum
Dative	diabolicō		diabolicō		diabolicīs
Accusative	diabolicum	diabolicam	diabolicum		diabolicōs	diabolicās	diabolica
Ablative	diabolicō	diabolicā	diabolicō		diabolicīs
Vocative	diabolice	diabolica	diabolicum		diabolicī	diabolicae	diabolica

Descendants

• → Catalan: diabòlic
• → Dutch: diabolisch
• → German: diabolisch
• → Italian: diabolico
• → Middle French: diabolique
  • French: diabolique
  • → English: diabolic, diabolick
• → Portuguese: diabólico
• → Spanish: diabólico

References

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