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diphthongus
diphthongus
Latin
Noun
diphthongus m (genitive diphthongī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | diphthongus | diphthongī |
| genitive | diphthongī | diphthongōrum |
| dative | diphthongō | diphthongīs |
| accusative | diphthongum | diphthongōs |
| ablative | diphthongō | diphthongīs |
| vocative | diphthonge | diphthongī |
Descendants
- Asturian: diptongu
- Catalan: diftong
- French: diphtongue
- Italian: dittongo
- Portuguese: ditongo
- Spanish: diptongo
References
- diphthongus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press