LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

fūmificus

fūmificus (feminine fūmifica, neuter fūmificum)
Classical[fuːˈmɪ.fɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[fuˈmiː.fi.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivesmoking, steaming

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefūmificusfūmificafūmificum
genitivefūmificīfūmificaefūmificī
dativefūmificōfūmificaefūmificō
accusativefūmificumfūmificamfūmificum
ablativefūmificōfūmificāfūmificō
vocativefūmificefūmificafūmificum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefūmificīfūmificaefūmifica
genitivefūmificōrumfūmificārumfūmificōrum
dativefūmificīsfūmificīsfūmificīs
accusativefūmificōsfūmificāsfūmifica
ablativefūmificīsfūmificīsfūmificīs
vocativefūmificīfūmificaefūmifica

fūmĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. making or causing smoke, smoking, steaming (poet): faces, Prud. στεφ. 3, 118: mugitus (taurorum), Ov. M. 7, 114 (shortly before: Vulcanum naribus efflant): Epeum fumificum, qui legioni nostrae habet Coctum cibum, making smoke, cooking (acc. to others, busied in smoke), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 38.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰuh₂mós
  3. Proto-Italic*θūmos
  4. Proto-Italic*fūmos
  5. Latinfūmificus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Latin fūmificus From fūmus (“smoke”) + -ficus.

Quick answers

What does fūmificus mean in Latin?
fūmificus, a adjective, means “smoking, steaming”.
How do you pronounce fūmificus?
In classical Latin, [fuːˈmɪ.fɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fuˈmiː.fi.kus].
Where does fūmificus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós → Proto-Italic *θūmos → Proto-Italic *fūmos → Latin fūmificus.