africus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Āfricus

Etymology

    Āfer +‎ -icus

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    āfricus (feminine āfrica, neuter āfricum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. African

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative āfricus āfrica āfricum āfricī āfricae āfrica
    genitive āfricī āfricae āfricī āfricōrum āfricārum āfricōrum
    dative āfricō āfricae āfricō āfricīs
    accusative āfricum āfricam āfricum āfricōs āfricās āfrica
    ablative āfricō āfricā āfricō āfricīs
    vocative āfrice āfrica āfricum āfricī āfricae āfrica

    Synonyms

    Descendants

    • Dalmatian: *jafrec
      • → Serbo-Croatian: japrk (“southeastern wind”) (Chakavian)
    • Galician: ábrego
    • Portuguese: ávrego, ábrego
    • Spanish: ábrego
    • → Portuguese: áfrico
    • → Spanish: áfrico

    References

    • “Afrĭcus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • the wind is turning to the south-west: ventus se vertit in Africum
      • (ambiguous) to give a brief exposition of the geography of Africa: Africae situm paucis exponere
    • “africus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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