"specificus" meaning in Latin

See specificus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [spɛˈkɪ.fɪ.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [speˈt͡ʃiː.fi.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From speciēs (“kind”) + faciō (“make”). Head templates: {{la-adj|specificus}} specificus (feminine specifica, neuter specificum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|specificus}} Forms: specifica [feminine], specificum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], specificus [masculine, nominative, singular], specifica [feminine, nominative, singular], specificum [neuter, nominative, singular], specificī [masculine, nominative, plural], specificae [feminine, nominative, plural], specifica [neuter, nominative, plural], specificī [genitive, masculine, singular], specificae [feminine, genitive, singular], specificī [genitive, neuter, singular], specificōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], specificārum [feminine, genitive, plural], specificōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], specificō [dative, masculine, singular], specificae [dative, feminine, singular], specificō [dative, neuter, singular], specificīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], specificum [accusative, masculine, singular], specificam [accusative, feminine, singular], specificum [accusative, neuter, singular], specificōs [accusative, masculine, plural], specificās [accusative, feminine, plural], specifica [accusative, neuter, plural], specificō [ablative, masculine, singular], specificā [ablative, feminine, singular], specificō [ablative, neuter, singular], specificīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], specifice [masculine, singular, vocative], specifica [feminine, singular, vocative], specificum [neuter, singular, vocative], specificī [masculine, plural, vocative], specificae [feminine, plural, vocative], specifica [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (Late Latin) specific, particular Tags: Late-Latin, adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Related terms: speciēs
    Sense id: en-specificus-la-adj-xuXmQtxD Categories (other): Late Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "específic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "specific"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "spezifisch"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "spécifique"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "específico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "specifico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "especific"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "específico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "specific"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "específico"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From speciēs (“kind”) + faciō (“make”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificī",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificī",
          "specifici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificī",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificī",
          "specifici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificī",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificī",
          "specifici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificōrum",
          "specificorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificārum",
          "specificarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificōrum",
          "specificorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificō",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificō",
          "specifico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificō",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificō",
          "specifico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificīs",
          "specificis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificōs",
          "specificos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificās",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificās",
          "specificas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificō",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificō",
          "specifico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificā",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificā",
          "specifica#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificō",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificō",
          "specifico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificīs",
          "specificis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificī",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificī",
          "specifici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "specificus"
      },
      "expansion": "specificus (feminine specifica, neuter specificum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "specificus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "specific, particular"
      ],
      "id": "en-specificus-la-adj-xuXmQtxD",
      "links": [
        [
          "specific",
          "specific"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin) specific, particular"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "speciēs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[spɛˈkɪ.fɪ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[speˈt͡ʃiː.fi.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "specificus"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "específic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "specific"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "spezifisch"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "spécifique"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "específico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "specifico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "especific"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "específico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "specific"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "específico"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From speciēs (“kind”) + faciō (“make”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificī",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificī",
          "specifici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificī",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificī",
          "specifici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificī",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificī",
          "specifici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificōrum",
          "specificorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificārum",
          "specificarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificōrum",
          "specificorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificō",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificō",
          "specifico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificō",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificō",
          "specifico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificīs",
          "specificis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificōs",
          "specificos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificās",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificās",
          "specificas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificō",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificō",
          "specifico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificā",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificā",
          "specifica#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificō",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificō",
          "specifico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificīs",
          "specificis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificī",
      "links": [
        [
          "specificī",
          "specifici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specificae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "specifica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "specificus"
      },
      "expansion": "specificus (feminine specifica, neuter specificum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "specificus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "speciēs"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin",
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "specific, particular"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "specific",
          "specific"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin) specific, particular"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[spɛˈkɪ.fɪ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[speˈt͡ʃiː.fi.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "specificus"
}

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