pulcher – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: pulcher
Hyphenation:

Declension: First, Second

Nominative

Singular masc.	pulcher
Singular fem.	pulchra
Singular neut.	pulchrum
Plural masc.	pulchrī
Plural fem.	pulchrae
Plural neut.	pulchra

Genitive

Singular masc.	pulchrī
Singular fem.	pulchrae
Singular neut.	pulchrī
Plural masc.	pulchrōrum
Plural fem.	pulchrārum
Plural neut.	pulchrōrum

Dative

Singular masc.	pulchrō
Singular fem.	pulchrae
Singular neut.	pulchrō
Plural masc.	pulchrīs
Plural fem.	pulchrīs
Plural neut.	pulchrīs

Accusative

Singular masc.	pulchrum
Singular fem.	pulchram
Singular neut.	pulchrum
Plural masc.	pulchrōs
Plural fem.	pulchrās
Plural neut.	pulchra

Ablative

Singular masc.	pulchrō
Singular fem.	pulchrā
Singular neut.	pulchrō
Plural masc.	pulchrīs
Plural fem.	pulchrīs
Plural neut.	pulchrīs

Vocative

Singular masc.	pulcher
Singular fem.	pulchra
Singular neut.	pulchrum
Plural masc.	pulchrī
Plural fem.	pulchrae
Plural neut.	pulchra

Comparison

Comparative	pulchrior
Superlative	pulcherrimus

Sample Sentences

Adjectives inflected like pulcher

aeger, macer, tēter, piger, ruber, integer, crēber, taeter, pulcher, pulcer, āter,

Etymology

1. Uncertain. The earlier form polcer is traditionally derived from Proto-Italic *porkros, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱ-ró-s or Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-ro-, from the root *perḱ- (“motley, variegated”), with dissimilation of the first *-r- into *-l-. De Vaan has questioned this change, thinking that the second *r should have disappeared instead, and thus leaves this term without an etymology. Connection with poliō (“to polish, smooth”) or polleō (“to be strong”) is to be excluded.
2. The aspiration is often considered secondary when the word would have been made to derive from Ancient Greek πολύχροος (polúkhroos, “multicolor”) by folk etymology, while an Etruscan borrowing is usually discarded.

Verbs referencing "pulcher"

English Adjectives pulchrous, French Adjectives poucre.

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