pernix
Latin
Etymology
Connected with perna (“ham, haunch”), though the expected form would be *pernāx.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈper.niːks/, [ˈpɛrniːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.niks/, [ˈpɛrniks]
Adjective
pernīx (genitive pernīcis, comparative pernīcior, superlative pernīcissimus, adverb pernīciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pernīx | pernīcēs | pernīcia | ||
| Genitive | pernīcis | pernīcium | |||
| Dative | pernīcī | pernīcibus | |||
| Accusative | pernīcem | pernīx | pernīcēs | pernīcia | |
| Ablative | pernīcī | pernīcibus | |||
| Vocative | pernīx | pernīcēs | pernīcia | ||
Related terms
References
- “pernix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pernix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pernix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Clark, John (1893): Manual of Linguistics: A Concise Account of General and English Phonology, with Supplementary Chapters on Kindred Topics, p. 51