tetricus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === taetricus === Etymology === Unknown. The hypothesis presented by Lewis and Short that it is from taeter (“foul, repulsive”) seems to be based on the assumption that this word shows monophthongization of an original diphthong ae to the long vowel ē, but that is contradicted by a number of examples of the first syllable scanning short in poetry. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ.trɪ.kʊs], [ˈtɛt.rɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛː.tri.kus], [ˈtɛt.ri.kus] === Adjective === tetricus (feminine tetrica, neuter tetricum); first/second-declension adjective forbidding, harsh, crabbed, gloomy, sour, stern, severe ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== sevērus trīstis ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: tètric → English: tetric → Polish: tetryk → Portuguese: tétrico → Spanish: tétrico === References === === Further reading === “taetricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “taetricus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.