diabolicus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Koine Greek διαβολικός (diabolikós, “devilish”), from διάβολος (diábolos, “the Devil”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /di.aˈbo.li.kus/, [d̪iäˈbɔlʲɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.aˈbo.li.kus/, [d̪iäˈbɔːlikus]
Adjective
[edit]diabolicus (feminine diabolica, neuter diabolicum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | diabolicus | diabolica | diabolicum | diabolicī | diabolicae | diabolica | |
| genitive | diabolicī | diabolicae | diabolicī | diabolicōrum | diabolicārum | diabolicōrum | |
| dative | diabolicō | diabolicae | diabolicō | diabolicīs | |||
| accusative | diabolicum | diabolicam | diabolicum | diabolicōs | diabolicās | diabolica | |
| ablative | diabolicō | diabolicā | diabolicō | diabolicīs | |||
| vocative | diabolice | diabolica | diabolicum | diabolicī | diabolicae | diabolica | |
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: diabòlic
- → Dutch: diabolisch
- → German: diabolisch
- → Italian: diabolico
- → Middle French: diabolique
- French: diabolique
- → English: diabolic, diabolick
- → Portuguese: diabólico
- → Spanish: diabólico
References
[edit]- “diabolicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- diabolicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.