profundus

Latin

Etymology

From prō + fundus (bottom).

Pronunciation

Adjective

profundus (feminine profunda, neuter profundum, comparative profundior, superlative profundissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. deep, profound
  2. intense, extreme, profound; immoderate
  3. boundless, vast; bottomless
  4. thick, dense
  5. obscure, unknown, mysterious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative profundus profunda profundum profundī profundae profunda
Genitive profundī profundae profundī profundōrum profundārum profundōrum
Dative profundō profundō profundīs
Accusative profundum profundam profundum profundōs profundās profunda
Ablative profundō profundā profundō profundīs
Vocative profunde profunda profundum profundī profundae profunda

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • profundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • profundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • profundus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • profundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to fall down into the abyss: in profundum deici
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