multiformis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multus

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

Latin fōrma

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.?

Proto-Italic *-is

Latin -is

Latin -fōrmis

Latin multifōrmis

From multus (“many”) + -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mʊɫ.tɪˈfoːr.mɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mul.tiˈfɔr.mis]

Adjective

multifōrmis (neuter multifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. multiform
2. various, diverse, manifold

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	multifōrmis	multifōrme		multifōrmēs	multifōrmia
genitive	multifōrmis			multifōrmium
dative	multifōrmī			multifōrmibus
accusative	multifōrmem	multifōrme		multifōrmīs multifōrmēs	multifōrmia
ablative	multifōrmī			multifōrmibus
vocative	multifōrmis	multifōrme		multifōrmēs	multifōrmia

Descendants

• → Catalan: multiforme
• → English: multiform
• → French: multiforme
• → Italian: multiforme
• → Spanish: multiforme

References

• “multiformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “multiformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “multiformis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.