apricus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From earlier *aperīcus, from aperiō (“to open, uncover”) + -cus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈpriː.kus/, [äˈpriːkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈpri.kus/, [äˈpriːkus]
Adjective edit
aprīcus (feminine aprīca, neuter aprīcum, comparative aprīcior, superlative aprīcissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- sunny, having lots of sunshine, warmed by the sun
- (Medieval Latin) delectable, delightful
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aprīcus | aprīca | aprīcum | aprīcī | aprīcae | aprīca | |
| Genitive | aprīcī | aprīcae | aprīcī | aprīcōrum | aprīcārum | aprīcōrum | |
| Dative | aprīcō | aprīcō | aprīcīs | ||||
| Accusative | aprīcum | aprīcam | aprīcum | aprīcōs | aprīcās | aprīca | |
| Ablative | aprīcō | aprīcā | aprīcō | aprīcīs | |||
| Vocative | aprīce | aprīca | aprīcum | aprīcī | aprīcae | aprīca | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: aprig
- Old French: abrier
- French: abrier
- Old Leonese:
- Old Occitan:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: abrigar
- Old Spanish:
- → English: apricate
- → Italian: aprico
- → Portuguese: aprico
References edit
- “apricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “apricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- apricus 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)
- apricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.