Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, apostolic).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

apostolicus (feminine apostolica, neuter apostolicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to an apostle; apostolic.

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative apostolicus apostolica apostolicum apostolicī apostolicae apostolica
Genitive apostolicī apostolicae apostolicī apostolicōrum apostolicārum apostolicōrum
Dative apostolicō apostolicō apostolicīs
Accusative apostolicum apostolicam apostolicum apostolicōs apostolicās apostolica
Ablative apostolicō apostolicā apostolicō apostolicīs
Vocative apostolice apostolica apostolicum apostolicī apostolicae apostolica

Descendants edit

Noun edit

apostolicus m (genitive apostolicī); second declension

  1. apostle
  2. (Medieval Latin) bishop, (specifically) the pope

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative apostolicus apostolicī
Genitive apostolicī apostolicōrum
Dative apostolicō apostolicīs
Accusative apostolicum apostolicōs
Ablative apostolicō apostolicīs
Vocative apostolice apostolicī

References edit

  • apostolicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • apostolicus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • apostolicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • apostolicus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “apostolicus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill