pluriformis

Latin

Etymology

From plūs (“more”) +‎ -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pluː.riˈfoːr.mis/, [pɫ̪uːrɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plu.riˈfor.mis/, [pluriˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

plūrifōrmis (neuter plūrifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (post-classical) pluriform, having many forms, manifold, varied

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	plūrifōrmis	plūrifōrme		plūrifōrmēs	plūrifōrmia
genitive	plūrifōrmis			plūrifōrmium
dative	plūrifōrmī			plūrifōrmibus
accusative	plūrifōrmem	plūrifōrme		plūrifōrmēs plūrifōrmīs	plūrifōrmia
ablative	plūrifōrmī			plūrifōrmibus
vocative	plūrifōrmis	plūrifōrme		plūrifōrmēs	plūrifōrmia

Descendants

• → Dutch: pluriform
• → English: pluriform
• → Romanian: pluriform

References

• “pluriformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pluriformis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.