pontificius
Latin
Etymology
From pontific- + -ius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pon.tiˈfi.ki.us/, [pɔn̪t̪ɪˈfɪkiʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pon.tiˈfi.t͡ʃi.us/, [pon̪t̪iˈfiːt͡ʃius]
Adjective
pontificius (feminine pontificia, neuter pontificium); first/second-declension adjective
- pontifical
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pontificius | pontificia | pontificium | pontificiī | pontificiae | pontificia | |
| Genitive | pontificiī | pontificiae | pontificiī | pontificiōrum | pontificiārum | pontificiōrum | |
| Dative | pontificiō | pontificiō | pontificiīs | ||||
| Accusative | pontificium | pontificiam | pontificium | pontificiōs | pontificiās | pontificia | |
| Ablative | pontificiō | pontificiā | pontificiō | pontificiīs | |||
| Vocative | pontificie | pontificia | pontificium | pontificiī | pontificiae | pontificia | |
Related terms
- pontifex
- pontificium
Descendants
- → Catalan: pontifici
- → English: pontificious
- → Galician: pontificio
- → Italian: pontificio
- → Portuguese: pontifício
- → Spanish: pontificio
References
- “pontificius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pontificius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pontificius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- pontificius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016