petraeus
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See also: Petraeus
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πετραῖος (petraîos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈtrae̯.us/, [pɛˈt̪räe̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈtre.us/, [peˈt̪rɛːus]
Adjective[edit]
petraeus (feminine petraea, neuter petraeum); first/second-declension adjective
- That grows (or lives) in rocky places
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | petraeus | petraea | petraeum | petraeī | petraeae | petraea | |
| Genitive | petraeī | petraeae | petraeī | petraeōrum | petraeārum | petraeōrum | |
| Dative | petraeō | petraeō | petraeīs | ||||
| Accusative | petraeum | petraeam | petraeum | petraeōs | petraeās | petraea | |
| Ablative | petraeō | petraeā | petraeō | petraeīs | |||
| Vocative | petraee | petraea | petraeum | petraeī | petraeae | petraea | |
References[edit]
- “petraeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- petraeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “petraeus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray