catastropha

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.tas.tʁɔ.fa/
Homophones: catastrophas, catastrophât

Verb

catastropha

third-person singular past historic of catastropher

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈtas.tro.pʰa/, [käˈt̪äs̠t̪rɔpʰä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈtas.tro.fa/, [käˈt̪äst̪rofä]

Noun

catastropha f (genitive catastrophae); first declension

a catastrophe

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catastropha	catastrophae
Genitive	catastrophae	catastrophārum
Dative	catastrophae	catastrophīs
Accusative	catastropham	catastrophās
Ablative	catastrophā	catastrophīs
Vocative	catastropha	catastrophae

References

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

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