univocus

Latin

Etymology

ūnus (“one”) +‎ -i- (connecting vowel) +‎ -vocus (“having meaning”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ūnivocus (feminine ūnivoca, neuter ūnivocum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) univocal, unambiguous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ūnivocus ūnivoca ūnivocum ūnivocī ūnivocae ūnivoca
Genitive ūnivocī ūnivocae ūnivocī ūnivocōrum ūnivocārum ūnivocōrum
Dative ūnivocō ūnivocō ūnivocīs
Accusative ūnivocum ūnivocam ūnivocum ūnivocōs ūnivocās ūnivoca
Ablative ūnivocō ūnivocā ūnivocō ūnivocīs
Vocative ūnivoce ūnivoca ūnivocum ūnivocī ūnivocae ūnivoca

Derived terms
  • ūnivocē

Descendants
  • → English: univocal
  • → French: univoque
  • → Italian: univoco
  • → Portuguese: unívoco
  • → Spanish: unívoco

References
  • “univocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • univocus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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