anfractus
Latin
Etymology
From ambi- + frangō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈfraːk.tus/, [ä̃ːˈfräːkt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈfrak.tus/, [äɱˈfräkt̪us]
Adjective
ānfrāctus (feminine ānfrācta, neuter ānfrāctum); first/second-declension adjective
- winding, bending
- crooked, bent
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ānfrāctus | ānfrācta | ānfrāctum | ānfrāctī | ānfrāctae | ānfrācta | |
| Genitive | ānfrāctī | ānfrāctae | ānfrāctī | ānfrāctōrum | ānfrāctārum | ānfrāctōrum | |
| Dative | ānfrāctō | ānfrāctō | ānfrāctīs | ||||
| Accusative | ānfrāctum | ānfrāctam | ānfrāctum | ānfrāctōs | ānfrāctās | ānfrācta | |
| Ablative | ānfrāctō | ānfrāctā | ānfrāctō | ānfrāctīs | |||
| Vocative | ānfrācte | ānfrācta | ānfrāctum | ānfrāctī | ānfrāctae | ānfrācta | |
Noun
ānfrāctus m (genitive ānfrāctūs); fourth declension
- bend, curve, turning
- curvature
- circuit, revolution
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ānfrāctus | ānfrāctūs |
| Genitive | ānfrāctūs | ānfrāctuum |
| Dative | ānfrāctuī | ānfrāctibus |
| Accusative | ānfrāctum | ānfrāctūs |
| Ablative | ānfrāctū | ānfrāctibus |
| Vocative | ānfrāctus | ānfrāctūs |
Derived terms
- ānfrāctuōsus
References
- “anfractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “anfractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- anfractus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- anfractus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette