paragoge

la-noun

paragōgē f (genitive paragōgēs); first declension

paragōgē (canonical feminine)
paragōgēs (genitive)
paragōgē (nominative singular)
paragōgae (nominative plural)
paragōgēs (genitive singular)
paragōgārum (genitive plural)
paragōgae (dative singular)
paragōgīs (dative plural)
paragōgēn (accusative singular)
paragōgās (accusative plural)
paragōgē (ablative singular)
paragōgīs (ablative plural)
paragōgē (singular vocative)
paragōgae (plural vocative)

[päräˈɡoːɡeː]

[päräˈɡɔːd͡ʒe]

From Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ, “derivation, addition”).


ictus

la-noun

ictus m (genitive ictūs); fourth declension

ictūs (genitive)
ictus (nominative singular)
ictūs (nominative plural)
ictūs (genitive singular)
ictuum (genitive plural)
ictuī (dative singular)
ictibus (dative plural)
ictum (accusative singular)
ictūs (accusative plural)
ictū (ablative singular)
ictibus (ablative plural)
ictus (singular vocative)
ictūs (plural vocative)

Galician: eito, → ictus

→ English: ictus, ictal

Portuguese: eito, → icto

From ī̆cō (“to strike”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs).


brevis

la-adj

brevis (neuter breve, comparative brevior, superlative brevissimus, adverb breviter); third-declension two-termination adjective

breve (neuter)
brevior (comparative)
brevissimus (superlative)
breviter (adverb)
brevis (feminine masculine nominative singular)
breve (neuter nominative singular)
brevēs (feminine masculine nominative singular)
brevia (neuter nominative plural)
brevis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
brevium (feminine genitive masculine neuter)
brevī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
brevibus (dative feminine masculine neuter)
brevem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
breve (accusative neuter singular)
brevēs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
brevīs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
brevia (accusative neuter plural)
brevī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
brevibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
brevis (feminine masculine singular vocative)
breve (neuter singular vocative)
brevēs (feminine masculine singular vocative)
brevia (neuter plural vocative)

Gallo-Italic

Ligurian: brêve

Italo-Dalmatian

Italian: breve

→ Romanian: brevă

desctree

Old French: brief, bref
Middle French: brief
French: bref
→ Middle English: bref, breef, breve, brefe, breefe
English: brief, breve
Scots: brief, brieve, breef, briefe

Old Occitan: breu
Occitan: brèu

Rhaeto-Romance

Romansch: brev, breav (Sutsilvan)

West Iberian

Old Galician-Portuguese:

Galician: breve

Portuguese: breve

Old Spanish:

Spanish: breve

→ Dutch: breve

→ German: Breve

→ Proto-West Germanic: *brēf (see there for further descendants)

From Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus. Cognates include Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús), English merry, Sanskrit मुहु (muhu).


accentus

la-noun

accentus m (genitive accentūs); fourth declension

accentūs (genitive)
accentus (nominative singular)
accentūs (nominative plural)
accentūs (genitive singular)
accentuum (genitive plural)
accentuī (dative singular)
accentibus (dative plural)
accentum (accusative singular)
accentūs (accusative plural)
accentū (ablative singular)
accentibus (ablative plural)
accentus (singular vocative)
accentūs (plural vocative)

→ Albanian: aksent

→ Aragonese: accento

→ Basque: azentu

→ Belarusian: акцэнт (akcent)

→ Bulgarian: акцент (akcent)

→ Catalan: accent

→ Czech: akcent

→ Danish: accent

→ Dutch: accent

→ Esperanto: akcento

→ Estonian: aktsent

→ Finnish: aksentti

Galician: acento

→ German: Akzent

→ Hungarian: akcentus

→ Ido: acento, achento

→ Indonesian: aksen

→ Interlingua: accento

Italian: accento

→ Lithuanian: akcentas

→ Macedonian: акцент (akcent)

Occitan: accent

→ Old English: accent

Old French: acent

Middle French: accent

French: accent

→ Danish: accent

→ Norwegian Bokmål: accent, aksent

→ Turkish: aksan

→ Middle English: accent

English: accent

→ Japanese: アクセント (akusento)

Norman: accent

desctree

→ Old Irish: aiccend, aiccent
Irish: aiceann
Scottish Gaelic: aicinn

→ Old Prussian: akcēnts

→ Polish: akcent (learned)

→ Portuguese: acento

→ Romanian: accent

→ Russian: акцент (akcent)

Sardinian: atzentu

→ Serbo-Croatian: акценат (akcenat)

→ Sicilian: accentu

→ Spanish: acento

→ Swedish: accent

→ Ukrainian: акцент (akcent)

[äkˈkɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]

From accinō (“sing to”), from ad- + canō (“sing”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from πρός (prós, “to”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).


pinguis

la-adj

pinguis (neuter pingue, superlative pinguissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

pingue (neuter)
pinguissimus (superlative)
pinguis (feminine masculine nominative singular)
pingue (neuter nominative singular)
pinguēs (feminine masculine nominative singular)
pinguia (neuter nominative plural)
pinguis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
pinguium (feminine genitive masculine neuter)
pinguī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
pinguibus (dative feminine masculine neuter)
pinguem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
pingue (accusative neuter singular)
pinguēs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
pinguīs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
pinguia (accusative neuter plural)
pinguī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
pinguibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
pinguis (feminine masculine singular vocative)
pingue (neuter singular vocative)
pinguēs (feminine masculine singular vocative)
pinguia (neuter plural vocative)

>? English: penguin

→ English: pinguid

Italian: pingue

Portuguese: pingue

Romansch: paintg

Spanish: pingüe

From Proto-Italic *pīngwis, from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”), maybe contaminated by *bʰenǵʰ- (“fat, thick”).
Cognate with German feist (“fat, plump, obese”). Related also to Dutch vet (“fat”), German fett (“fat, corpulent”), English fat, Icelandic feitur (“fat”). See also pix (“pitch, tar, resin”).

(phonology) of the sound l, velarized (cf. dark l)


paeon

la-noun

paeōn m (genitive paeōnis); third declension

paeōn (canonical masculine)
paeōnis (genitive)
paeōn (nominative singular)
paeōnēs (nominative plural)
paeōnis (genitive singular)
paeōnum (genitive plural)
paeōnī (dative singular)
paeōnibus (dative plural)
paeōnem (accusative singular)
paeōnēs (accusative plural)
paeōne (ablative singular)
paeōnibus (ablative plural)
paeōn (singular vocative)
paeōnēs (plural vocative)

→ English: paeon

Italian: peone

From Ancient Greek παιών (paiṓn), variant of παιάν (paián).


exilis

la-adj

exīlis (neuter exīle, comparative exīlior, adverb exīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

exīlis (canonical)
exīle (neuter)
exīlior (comparative)
exīliter (adverb)
exīlis (feminine masculine nominative singular)
exīle (neuter nominative singular)
exīlēs (feminine masculine nominative singular)
exīlia (neuter nominative plural)
exīlis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
exīlium (feminine genitive masculine neuter)
exīlī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
exīlibus (dative feminine masculine neuter)
exīlem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
exīle (accusative neuter singular)
exīlēs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
exīlīs (accusative feminine masculine singular)
exīlia (accusative neuter plural)
exīlī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
exīlibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
exīlis (feminine masculine singular vocative)
exīle (neuter singular vocative)
exīlēs (feminine masculine singular vocative)
exīlia (neuter plural vocative)

Italian: esile

Piedmontese: ésil

Portuguese: exile, exil

[ɛkˈs̠iːlʲɪs̠]


syllaba anceps

la-noun

syllaba anceps f (genitive syllabae ancipitis); first declension

syllabae ancipitis (genitive)
syllaba anceps (nominative singular)
syllabae ancipitēs (nominative plural)
syllabae ancipitis (genitive singular)
syllabārum ancipitium (genitive plural)
syllabae ancipitī (dative singular)
syllabīs ancipitibus (dative plural)
syllabam ancipitem (accusative singular)
syllabās ancipitēs (accusative plural)
syllabā ancipitī (ablative singular)
syllabīs ancipitibus (ablative plural)
syllaba anceps (singular vocative)
syllabae ancipitēs (plural vocative)

[ˈs̠ʏlːʲäbä ˈäŋkɛps̠]

(prosody) A syllable of unfixed or undecided weight.


iambelegus

la-adj

iambelegus (feminine iambelega, neuter iambelegum); first/second-declension adjective

iambelega (feminine)
iambelegum (neuter)
iambelegus (masculine nominative singular)
iambelega (feminine nominative singular)
iambelegum (neuter nominative singular)
iambelegī (masculine nominative singular)
iambelegae (feminine nominative plural)
iambelega (neuter nominative plural)
iambelegī (genitive masculine singular)
iambelegae (feminine genitive singular)
iambelegī (genitive neuter singular)
iambelegōrum (genitive masculine singular)
iambelegārum (feminine genitive plural)
iambelegōrum (genitive neuter plural)
iambelegō (dative masculine singular)
iambelegae (dative feminine singular)
iambelegō (dative neuter singular)
iambelegīs (dative feminine masculine neuter)
iambelegum (accusative masculine singular)
iambelegam (accusative feminine singular)
iambelegum (accusative neuter singular)
iambelegōs (accusative masculine singular)
iambelegās (accusative feminine plural)
iambelega (accusative neuter plural)
iambelegō (ablative masculine singular)
iambelegā (ablative feminine singular)
iambelegō (ablative neuter singular)
iambelegīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter)
iambelege (masculine singular vocative)
iambelega (feminine singular vocative)
iambelegum (neuter singular vocative)
iambelegī (masculine singular vocative)
iambelegae (feminine plural vocative)
iambelega (neuter plural vocative)

[iämˈbɛɫ̪ɛɡʊs̠]

(prosody, chiefly of verse) consisting of an iambic dimeter and half an elegiac pentameter


tribrachys

la-noun

tribrachys m (genitive tribrachyos); third declension

tribrachyos (genitive)
tribrachys (nominative singular)
tribrachyes (nominative plural)
tribrachyos (genitive singular)
tribrachyōn (genitive plural)
tribrachyī (dative singular)
tribrachibus (dative plural)
tribrachyn (accusative singular)
tribrachȳs (accusative plural)
tribrachye (ablative singular)
tribrachibus (ablative plural)
tribrachys (singular vocative)
tribrachy (singular vocative)
tribrachyes (plural vocative)

English: tribrach

French: tribraque

From the Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς (trĭ́brăkhŭs), from τρῐ- (trĭ-, “tri-”) + βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s, “short”).

prefix

(prosody) tribrach (metrical foot comprising three short syllables)


tribrevis

la-noun

tribrevis m (genitive tribrevis); third declension

tribrevis (genitive)
tribrevis (nominative singular)
tribrevēs (nominative plural)
tribrevis (genitive singular)
tribrevium (genitive plural)
tribrevī (dative singular)
tribrevibus (dative plural)
tribrevem (accusative singular)
tribrevēs (accusative plural)
tribrevīs (accusative plural)
tribreve (ablative singular)
tribrevibus (ablative plural)
tribrevis (singular vocative)
tribrevēs (plural vocative)

?Portuguese: tribreve

Tribrachys, tribrevis, teuthasius, quem quīdam brachysyllabum, aliī triorcheon, nōnnūllī pygmōna, plērīque chorīum nuncupant.

AD 4th C., Diomedes Grammaticus (author), Heinrich Keil (editor), Artis Grammaticae Liber III (1857), page 479

The tribrach, "tribreve", teuthasius, which some call "brachysyllabic" , others triorcheon, some pygmon, many chorium.


accentus acutus

accentus acūtus m (genitive accentūs acūtī); fourth declension

accentus acūtus (canonical masculine)
accentūs acūtī (genitive)
accentus acūtus (nominative singular)
accentūs acūtī (nominative plural)
accentūs acūtī (genitive singular)
accentuum acūtōrum (genitive plural)
accentuī acūtō (dative singular)
accentibus acūtīs (dative plural)
accentum acūtum (accusative singular)
accentūs acūtōs (accusative plural)
accentū acūtō (ablative singular)
accentibus acūtīs (ablative plural)
accentus acūte (singular vocative)
accentūs acūtī (plural vocative)

[äkˈkɛn̪t̪ʊs̠ äˈkuːt̪ʊs̠]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:accentus acutus.

(orthography and phonology) acute accent


accentus circumflexus

accentus circumflexus m (genitive accentūs circumflexī); fourth declension

accentūs circumflexī (genitive)
accentus circumflexus (nominative singular)
accentūs circumflexī (nominative plural)
accentūs circumflexī (genitive singular)
accentuum circumflexōrum (genitive plural)
accentuī circumflexō (dative singular)
accentibus circumflexīs (dative plural)
accentum circumflexum (accusative singular)
accentūs circumflexōs (accusative plural)
accentū circumflexō (ablative singular)
accentibus circumflexīs (ablative plural)
accentus circumflexe (singular vocative)
accentūs circumflexī (plural vocative)

→ English: circumflex accent (calque)

[äkˈkɛn̪t̪ʊs̠ kɪrkũːˈfɫ̪ɛks̠ʊs̠]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:accentus circumflexus.

circumflex accent
circumflex accent#English

(orthography and phonology) circumflex accent


accentus gravis

accentus gravis m (genitive accentūs gravis); fourth declension

accentūs gravis (genitive)
accentus gravis (nominative singular)
accentūs gravēs (nominative plural)
accentūs gravis (genitive singular)
accentuum gravium (genitive plural)
accentuī gravī (dative singular)
accentibus gravibus (dative plural)
accentum gravem (accusative singular)
accentūs gravēs (accusative plural)
accentūs gravīs (accusative plural)
accentū gravī (ablative singular)
accentibus gravibus (ablative plural)
accentus gravis (singular vocative)
accentūs gravēs (plural vocative)

[äkˈkɛn̪t̪ʊs̠ ˈɡräu̯ɪs̠]

[äkˈkɛn̪t̪uːs̠ ˈɡräu̯ɪs̠]

[äkˈkɛn̪t̪uːs̠ ˈɡräu̯iːs̠]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:accentus gravis.

(orthography and phonology) grave accent