LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

tābificus

tābificus (feminine tābifica, neuter tābificum)
Classical[taːˈbɪ.fɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[taˈbiː.fi.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivemelting, dissolving
  2. adjectivewasting
  3. adjectiveinfectious
  4. adjectivecorroding

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetābificustābificatābificum
genitivetābificītābificaetābificī
dativetābificōtābificaetābificō
accusativetābificumtābificamtābificum
ablativetābificōtābificātābificō
vocativetābificetābificatābificum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetābificītābificaetābifica
genitivetābificōrumtābificārumtābificōrum
dativetābificīstābificīstābificīs
accusativetābificōstābificāstābifica
ablativetābificīstābificīstābificīs
vocativetābificītābificaetābifica

tābĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. melting, dissolving, wasting, infectious, corroding: radii (solis), Lucr. 6, 737: venenum lentum atque tabificum, Suet. Tib. 73; so, seps, Luc. 9, 723: aër, id. 5, 911: urina, Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 134: sanies, Sil. 6, 276: caeli vitia, Sen. Oedip. 79: terram edisse his tabificum est, Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 29: tabificae mentis perturbationes, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 36.

Quick answers

What does tābificus mean in Latin?
tābificus, a adjective, means “melting, dissolving; wasting; infectious”.
How do you pronounce tābificus?
In classical Latin, [taːˈbɪ.fɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [taˈbiː.fi.kus].