pontificatus

Latin

Etymology

From pontifex +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pon.ti.fiˈkaː.tus/, [pɔn̪t̪ɪfɪˈkäːt̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pon.ti.fiˈka.tus/, [pon̪t̪ifiˈkäːt̪us]

Noun

pontificātus m (genitive pontificātūs); fourth declension

pontificate (office of a pontiff/pontifex)
Synonym: pontificium

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pontificātus	pontificātūs
Genitive	pontificātūs	pontificātuum
Dative	pontificātuī	pontificātibus
Accusative	pontificātum	pontificātūs
Ablative	pontificātū	pontificātibus
Vocative	pontificātus	pontificātūs

Descendants

Catalan: pontificat
English: pontificate
French: pontificat
Galician: pontificado
Italian: pontificato
Polish: pontyfikat
Portuguese: pontificado
Romanian: pontificat
Spanish: pontificado

References

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

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