africus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Āfricus === Etymology === From Āfer + -icus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.frɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.fri.kus] === Adjective === āfricus (feminine āfrica, neuter āfricum); first/second-declension adjective African ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== āfricānus, Āfer === Noun === africus m (genitive africī); second declension southwestern wind Coordinate term: caurus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== Āfrica āfricānus ==== Descendants ==== Dalmatian: *jafrec → Serbo-Croatian: japrk (“southeastern wind”) (Chakavian) Galician: ábrego → Middle Polish: afryk (“southwestern wind”) Portuguese: ávrego, ábrego Spanish: ábrego → Portuguese: áfrico → Spanish: áfrico === References === “Afrĭcus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “africus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers