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africus

africus

Latin

Adjective

āfricus m (feminine āfrica, neuter āfricum); first/second declension

  1. African

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative āfricus āfrica āfricum āfricī āfricae āfrica
genitive āfricī āfricae āfricī āfricōrum āfricārum āfricōrum
dative āfricō āfricō āfricīs
accusative āfricum āfricam āfricum āfricōs āfricās āfrica
ablative āfricō āfricā āfricō āfricīs
vocative āfrice āfrica āfricum āfricī āfricae āfrica

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References

  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “africus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the wind is turning to the south-west: ventus se vertit in Africum
    • (ambiguous) to give a brief exposition of the geography of Africa: Africae situm paucis exponere
  • africus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers