diffusus

diffusus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Latin fundō
Latin diffundō
Latin diffūsus

    Perfect passive participle of diffundō.

    Participle

    diffūsus (feminine diffūsa, neuter diffūsum, adverb diffūsē); first/second-declension participle

    1. diffused or spread (throughout)

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative diffūsus diffūsa diffūsum diffūsī diffūsae diffūsa
    genitive diffūsī diffūsae diffūsī diffūsōrum diffūsārum diffūsōrum
    dative diffūsō diffūsae diffūsō diffūsīs
    accusative diffūsum diffūsam diffūsum diffūsōs diffūsās diffūsa
    ablative diffūsō diffūsā diffūsō diffūsīs
    vocative diffūse diffūsa diffūsum diffūsī diffūsae diffūsa

    Descendants

    • Catalan: difús
    • → English: diffuse
    • French: diffus
    • → German: diffus
    • Italian: diffuso
    • Portuguese: difuso
    • Spanish: difuso

    References

    • “diffusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “diffusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “diffusus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • a wide-spread error: error longe lateque diffusus
      • to have no coherence, connection: diffusum, dissipatum esse
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