hieroglyphicus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hi.e.roˈɡly.pʰi.kus/, [hiɛrɔˈɡlʲʏpʰɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈɡli.fi.kus/, [ieroˈɡliːfikus]
Adjective
hieroglyphicus (feminine hieroglyphica, neuter hieroglyphicum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | hieroglyphicus | hieroglyphica | hieroglyphicum | hieroglyphicī | hieroglyphicae | hieroglyphica | |
| Genitive | hieroglyphicī | hieroglyphicae | hieroglyphicī | hieroglyphicōrum | hieroglyphicārum | hieroglyphicōrum | |
| Dative | hieroglyphicō | hieroglyphicō | hieroglyphicīs | ||||
| Accusative | hieroglyphicum | hieroglyphicam | hieroglyphicum | hieroglyphicōs | hieroglyphicās | hieroglyphica | |
| Ablative | hieroglyphicō | hieroglyphicā | hieroglyphicō | hieroglyphicīs | |||
| Vocative | hieroglyphice | hieroglyphica | hieroglyphicum | hieroglyphicī | hieroglyphicae | hieroglyphica | |
Descendants
- English: hieroglyphic
References
- “hieroglyphicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hieroglyphicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.