arcticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈark.ti.kus/, [ˈärkt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈark.ti.kus/, [ˈärkt̪ikus]

Adjective

arcticus (feminine arctica, neuter arcticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. northern, arctic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	arcticus	arctica	arcticum		arcticī	arcticae	arctica
Genitive	arcticī	arcticae	arcticī		arcticōrum	arcticārum	arcticōrum
Dative	arcticō		arcticō		arcticīs
Accusative	arcticum	arcticam	arcticum		arcticōs	arcticās	arctica
Ablative	arcticō	arcticā	arcticō		arcticīs
Vocative	arctice	arctica	arcticum		arcticī	arcticae	arctica

Synonyms

• (northern): boreālis

Descendants

• Catalan: àrtic
• English: arctic, Arctic
• French: arctique
• Galician: ártico
• → German: arktisch
• Italian: artico
• Portuguese: ártico
• Romanian: arctic
• Spanish: ártico

Translingual descendants

• Ammotrypanella arctica
• Artemisia arctica
• Aspicilia arctica
• Caltha arctica
• Canadaga arctica
• Candelariella arctica
• Cochlearia arctica
• Dactylina arctica
• Edwardsia arctica
• Eudorella arctica
• Fratercula arctica
• Funaria arctica
• Gavia arctica
• Gowardia arctica
• Haliactis arctica
• Hymenelia arctica
• Minuartia arctica
• Miscodera arctica
• Nematomenia arctica
• Oxytropis arctica
• Paraleptostylis arctica
• Parnassius arctica
• Poa arctica
• Pleurobrachia arctica
• Puccinellia arctica
• Reussinella arctica
• Rinodina arctica
• Salix arctica
• Sticta arctica
• Toninia arctica
• Umbilicaria arctica
• Verrucaria arctica
• Walckenaeria arctica

References

• “arcticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arcticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.