catastropha
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa/
- Homophones: catastrophas, catastrophât
Verb
catastropha
- third-person singular past historic of catastropher
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈtas.trɔ.pʰa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈt̪as.t̪ro.fa]
Noun
catastropha f (genitive catastrophae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | catastropha | catastrophae |
| genitive | catastrophae | catastrophārum |
| dative | catastrophae | catastrophīs |
| accusative | catastropham | catastrophās |
| ablative | catastrophā | catastrophīs |
| vocative | catastropha | catastrophae |
References
- “catastropha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- catastropha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.