LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

oxytonus

oxytonus (feminine oxytona, neuter oxytonum)
Classical[ɔkˈsy.tɔ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[okˈsiː.to.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveoxytone (having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeoxytonusoxytona
oxitona		oxytonum
oxitonum, oxytonon
genitiveoxytonī
oxitonī		oxytonae
oxitonae		oxytonī
oxitonī
dativeoxytonō
oxitonō		oxytonae
oxitonae		oxytonō
oxitonō
accusativeoxytonum
oxitonum, oxytonon		oxytonam
oxitonam, oxytonān		oxytonum
oxitonum, oxytonon
ablativeoxytonō
oxitonō		oxytonā
oxitonā		oxytonō
oxitonō
vocativeoxytone
oxitone		oxytona
oxitona		oxytonum
oxitonum, oxytonon
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeoxytonī
oxitonī, oxytonoe		oxytonae
oxitonae		oxytona
oxitona
genitiveoxytonōrum
oxitonōrum		oxytonārum
oxitonārum		oxytonōrum
oxitonōrum
dativeoxytonīs
oxitonīs		oxytonīs
oxitonīs		oxytonīs
oxitonīs
accusativeoxytonōs
oxitonōs		oxytonās
oxitonās		oxytona
oxitona
ablativeoxytonīs
oxitonīs		oxytonīs
oxitonīs		oxytonīs
oxitonīs
vocativeoxytonī
oxitonī, oxytonoe		oxytonae
oxitonae		oxytona
oxitona

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς(oxŭ́s)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tónos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*tónos
  6. Ancient Greek τόνος(tónos)
  7. Latinoxytonus

Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxŭ́tonos)bor. Latin oxytonus Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́τονος (oxŭ́tonos).

Quick answers

What does oxytonus mean in Latin?
oxytonus, a adjective, means “oxytone (having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable)”.
How do you pronounce oxytonus?
In classical Latin, [ɔkˈsy.tɔ.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [okˈsiː.to.nus].
Where does oxytonus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? → Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s) → Proto-Indo-European *ten- → Proto-Indo-European *tónos → Proto-Hellenic *tónos → Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) → Latin oxytonus.