visificus

visificus

Latin

Etymology

From videō (“see, look at, observe”) + faciō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯iːˈsi.fi.kus/, [u̯iːˈs̠ɪfɪkʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈsi.fi.kus/, [viˈs̬iːfikus]

Adjective

vīsificus (feminine vīsifica, neuter vīsificum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) causing to see, conferring sight

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vīsificus	vīsifica	vīsificum		vīsificī	vīsificae	vīsifica
Genitive	vīsificī	vīsificae	vīsificī		vīsificōrum	vīsificārum	vīsificōrum
Dative	vīsificō		vīsificō		vīsificīs
Accusative	vīsificum	vīsificam	vīsificum		vīsificōs	vīsificās	vīsifica
Ablative	vīsificō	vīsificā	vīsificō		vīsificīs
Vocative	vīsifice	vīsifica	vīsificum		vīsificī	vīsificae	vīsifica

References

• “visificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• visificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• visificus 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)