centifidus

Latin

Etymology

From centi- (“hundred”) +‎ -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kenˈti.fi.dus/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪ɪfɪd̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃenˈti.fi.dus/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪iːfid̪us]

Adjective

centifidus (feminine centifida, neuter centifidum); first/second-declension adjective

centifidous, divided into 100 parts
Synonym of multifidus, divided in many parts

Declension

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Coordinate terms

bifidus, trifidus, quadrifidus, quinquifidus, multifidus

Descendants

→ English: centifidous

References

“centifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
centifidus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
centifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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