anfractus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ãːˈfraːk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aɱˈfrak.tus]

Etymology 1

From *ānfringō + -tus (forming action noun), or directly from ambi- +‎ frangō +‎ -tus.

Noun

ānfrāctus m (genitive ānfrāctūs); fourth declension

1. bend, curve, turning
2. curvature
3. circuit, revolution

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ānfrāctus	ānfrāctūs
genitive	ānfrāctūs	ānfrāctuum
dative	ānfrāctuī	ānfrāctibus
accusative	ānfrāctum	ānfrāctūs
ablative	ānfrāctū	ānfrāctibus
vocative	ānfrāctus	ānfrāctūs

Derived terms

• ānfrāctuōsus

Etymology 2

Participial adjective from *ānfringō, or directly from ambi- +‎ frangō +‎ -tus.

Adjective

ānfrāctus (feminine ānfrācta, neuter ānfrāctum); first/second-declension adjective

1. winding, bending
2. crooked, bent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ānfrāctus	ānfrācta	ānfrāctum		ānfrāctī	ānfrāctae	ānfrācta
genitive	ānfrāctī	ānfrāctae	ānfrāctī		ānfrāctōrum	ānfrāctārum	ānfrāctōrum
dative	ānfrāctō	ānfrāctae	ānfrāctō		ānfrāctīs
accusative	ānfrāctum	ānfrāctam	ānfrāctum		ānfrāctōs	ānfrāctās	ānfrācta
ablative	ānfrāctō	ānfrāctā	ānfrāctō		ānfrāctīs
vocative	ānfrācte	ānfrācta	ānfrāctum		ānfrāctī	ānfrāctae	ānfrācta

Further reading

• “anfractus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “anfractus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “anfractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "anfractus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “anfractus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.