LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

africus1

africus m (genitive africī)
Classical[ˈaː.frɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.fri.kus]

Meaning

  1. masculinesouthwestern wind

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeafricusafricī
genitiveafricīafricōrum
dativeafricōafricīs
accusativeafricumafricōs
ablativeafricōafricīs
vocativeafriceafricī

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ventus se vertit in Africum
the wind is turning to the south-west.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin āfricus From Āfer + -icus.

Elsewhere
  • Portugueseávrego
  • Portugueseábrego
  • Spanishábrego
  • Portugueseáfrico
  • Spanisháfrico
  • Asturianábrigu
  • Galicianábrego
  • Middle Polishafryk
Dalmatian
  • Serbo-Croatianjaprk
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
āfricus2
āfricus (feminine āfrica, neuter āfricum)
Classical[ˈaː.frɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.fri.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveAfrican

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeāfricusāfricaāfricum
genitiveāfricīāfricaeāfricī
dativeāfricōāfricaeāfricō
accusativeāfricumāfricamāfricum
ablativeāfricōāfricāāfricō
vocativeāfriceāfricaāfricum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeāfricīāfricaeāfrica
genitiveāfricōrumāfricārumāfricōrum
dativeāfricīsāfricīsāfricīs
accusativeāfricōsāfricāsāfrica
ablativeāfricīsāfricīsāfricīs
vocativeāfricīāfricaeāfrica

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

Africae situm paucis exponere
to give a brief exposition of the geography of Africa.

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

Āfricus adj.
Africa, African: terra: procellae, i. e. from the southwest, H. — As subst, m. (sc. ventus), the southwest wind, V., H.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin āfricus From Āfer + -icus.

In English words that came into English from āfricus

  • Africanāfricānae

Quick answers

What does africus mean in Latin?
africus, a noun, means “southwestern wind”.
What is the genitive of africus?
The genitive singular is africī. africus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce africus?
In classical Latin, [ˈaː.frɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaː.fri.kus].