differtus

Latin

Etymology

Formed as if it was the perfect passive participle of a verb *differciō, from dis- +‎ farciō (“to cram, stuff”). Compare cōnfertus from cōnferciō etc.

Pronunciation

Adjective

differtus (feminine differta, neuter differtum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. stuffed full, crowded, swarming

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • “differtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “differtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers