paragraphus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ɡra.pʰus/, [päˈräɡräpʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ɡra.fus/, [päˈräːɡräfus]

Noun

paragraphus f or m (genitive paragraphī); second declension

1. paragraph
   • 1867, G. Massaja, Lectiones grammaticales pro missionariis qui addiscere volunt linguam amaricam seu vulgarem abyssiniae, nec non et linguam oromonicam seu populorum galla nuncupatorum, Paris, p.268 (headline)

     Paragraphus secundus. De nominibus appellativis seu communibus.

     Second paragraph. Of the appellative or common nouns.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	paragraphus	paragraphī
Genitive	paragraphī	paragraphōrum
Dative	paragraphō	paragraphīs
Accusative	paragraphum	paragraphōs
Ablative	paragraphō	paragraphīs
Vocative	paragraphe	paragraphī

Descendants

• Italian: paragrafo
• Spanish: párrafo
  • → Cebuano: parapo
• → Middle French: paragraphe
  • → English: paragraph
    • → Cebuano: paragrap
• Portuguese: parágrafo
• Dutch: paragraaf

References

• paragraphus 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)