ethnicus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈetʰ.ni.kus/, [ˈɛt̪ʰnɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈet.ni.kus/, [ˈɛt̪nikus]
Adjective edit
ethnicus (feminine ethnica, neuter ethnicum); first/second-declension adjective
- (especially Christianity) heathen
- pagan
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ethnicus | ethnica | ethnicum | ethnicī | ethnicae | ethnica | |
| Genitive | ethnicī | ethnicae | ethnicī | ethnicōrum | ethnicārum | ethnicōrum | |
| Dative | ethnicō | ethnicō | ethnicīs | ||||
| Accusative | ethnicum | ethnicam | ethnicum | ethnicōs | ethnicās | ethnica | |
| Ablative | ethnicō | ethnicā | ethnicō | ethnicīs | |||
| Vocative | ethnice | ethnica | ethnicum | ethnicī | ethnicae | ethnica | |
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “ethnicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ethnicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.