LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

vulnificus

vulnificus (feminine vulnifica, neuter vulnificum)
Classical[wʊɫˈnɪ.fɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[vulˈniː.fi.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewounding (causing wounds)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevulnificusvulnificavulnificum
genitivevulnificīvulnificaevulnificī
dativevulnificōvulnificaevulnificō
accusativevulnificumvulnificamvulnificum
ablativevulnificōvulnificāvulnificō
vocativevulnificevulnificavulnificum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevulnificīvulnificaevulnifica
genitivevulnificōrumvulnificārumvulnificōrum
dativevulnificīsvulnificīsvulnificīs
accusativevulnificōsvulnificāsvulnifica
ablativevulnificīsvulnificīsvulnificīs
vocativevulnificīvulnificaevulnifica

vulnĭfĭcus (voln-), a, um, adj. vulnus-facio,
I. wound-making, wound-inflicting, wounding (poet.): sus, Ov. M. 8, 359: telum, id. ib. 2, 504: chalybs, Verg. A. 8, 446: plumbum (i. e. caestus), Val. Fl. 1, 420: Apollo, Mart. Cap. 1, § 13.

Origins

Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Latin vulnificus From vulnus + -ficus.

Descendants
  • TranslingualVibrio vulnificus

Quick answers

What does vulnificus mean in Latin?
vulnificus, a adjective, means “wounding (causing wounds)”.
How do you pronounce vulnificus?
In classical Latin, [wʊɫˈnɪ.fɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vulˈniː.fi.kus].