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elinguis
elinguis
Latin
Adjective
ēlinguis m, f (neuter ēlingue); third declension
- Deprived of a tongue, tongueless.
- (through fear or similar) Speechless.
- (figuratively) Without elegance or incapable of elegance.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | ēlinguis | ēlingue | ēlinguēs | ēlinguia | |
| genitive | ēlinguis | ēlinguium | |||
| dative | ēlinguī | ēlinguibus | |||
| accusative | ēlinguem | ēlingue | ēlinguēs | ēlinguia | |
| ablative | ēlinguī | ēlinguibus | |||
| vocative | ēlinguis | ēlingue | ēlinguēs | ēlinguia | |
Related terms
- ēlinguō
References
- elinguis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- elinguis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “elinguis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.