epicus
See also: EPICUS
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin epicus but with a semantic shift inspired by other nouns on -icus, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
epicus m (plural epici)
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.pi.kus/, [ˈɛpɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.pi.kus/, [ˈɛːpikus]
Adjective edit
epicus (feminine epica, neuter epicum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | epicus | epica | epicum | epicī | epicae | epica | |
Genitive | epicī | epicae | epicī | epicōrum | epicārum | epicōrum | |
Dative | epicō | epicō | epicīs | ||||
Accusative | epicum | epicam | epicum | epicōs | epicās | epica | |
Ablative | epicō | epicā | epicō | epicīs | |||
Vocative | epice | epica | epicum | epicī | epicae | epica |
Descendants edit
- French: épique
- → English: epic
References edit
- “epicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “epicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- epicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- epic poetry: carmen epicum
- an epic, heroic poet: poeta epicus
- epic poetry: carmen epicum