atrox
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *atro-ek, from *h₂eh₁tro-h₃kʷs (“having the appearance of fire”), from *h₂eh₁tro- (suffixed, metathesized form of *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”)) + *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). The first root also gives the cognates of Avestan 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱 (ātarš, “fire”), Umbrian [script needed] (atru), Oscan [script needed] (Aadíriis), Irish áith (“kiln”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.troːks/
Adjective
atrōx (genitive atrōcis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | atrōx | atrōcēs | atrōcia | ||
| genitive | atrōcis | atrōcium | |||
| dative | atrōcī | atrōcibus | |||
| accusative | atrōcem | atrōx | atrōcēs | atrōcia | |
| ablative | atrōcī | atrōcibus | |||
| vocative | atrōx | atrōcēs | atrōcia | ||
- comparative: atrōcior, superlative: atrōcissimus
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- atrox in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- atrox in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- atrox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a bloody battle: proelium cruentum, atrox
- a bloody battle: proelium cruentum, atrox
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