infernus
Latin
Etymology
From īnferus (“low”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈfer.nus/, [ĩːˈfɛrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈfer.nus/, [iɱˈfɛrnus]
Adjective
īnfernus (feminine īnferna, neuter īnfernum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | īnfernus | īnferna | īnfernum | īnfernī | īnfernae | īnferna | |
Genitive | īnfernī | īnfernae | īnfernī | īnfernōrum | īnfernārum | īnfernōrum | |
Dative | īnfernō | īnfernō | īnfernīs | ||||
Accusative | īnfernum | īnfernam | īnfernum | īnfernōs | īnfernās | īnferna | |
Ablative | īnfernō | īnfernā | īnfernō | īnfernīs | |||
Vocative | īnferne | īnferna | īnfernum | īnfernī | īnfernae | īnferna |
Descendants
- Dalmatian: infiarn
- Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: infern
- Istriot: infierno
- Italian: inferno
- Old French: enfer, enfern
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: infiernu
- Old Occitan: enfern
- Old Galician-Portuguese: inferno, iferno
- Old Spanish: infierno
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Sardinian: iferru
- Sicilian: nfernu, infernu
- → Maltese: infern
- → Albanian: ferr
- → Greek: ινφιέρνο (infiérno)
- → Irish: ifreann
- → Old Saxon: infern
- → Scottish Gaelic: ifrinn
- → Welsh: uffern
Noun
īnfernus m (genitive īnfernī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | īnfernus | īnfernī |
Genitive | īnfernī | īnfernōrum |
Dative | īnfernō | īnfernīs |
Accusative | īnfernum | īnfernōs |
Ablative | īnfernō | īnfernīs |
Vocative | īnferne | īnfernī |
References
- “infernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “infernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- infernus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- infernus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016