diabolus

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin diabolus. Doublet of devil, diable, and diablo.

Noun

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diabolus (plural diaboluses)

  1. (music) Synonym of tritone

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, slanderer).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    diabolus m (genitive diabolī); second declension

    1. devil

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative diabolus diabolī
    Genitive diabolī diabolōrum
    Dative diabolō diabolīs
    Accusative diabolum diabolōs
    Ablative diabolō diabolīs
    Vocative diabole diabolī

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    (probably all semi-learned)

    References

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    1. ^ Peter Christian Jacobsen and Peter Orth (2020 June 14) “Materialien zu einem Lexikon der irregulären lateinischen Prosodie”, in www.mgh.de[1] (in German)

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