-dicus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom dīcō (“to say”) + -us (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /di.kus/, [d̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.kus/, [d̪ikus]
Suffix
edit-dicus (feminine -dica, neuter -dicum, comparative -dīcentior, superlative -dīcentissimus); first/second-declension suffix
- -saying
Usage notes
editIn the comparative and superlative, the forms of the corresponding participles ending in -dīcēns are used instead, such as maledicus, maledīcentior, maledīcentissimus.[1]
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -dicus | -dica | -dicum | -dicī | -dicae | -dica | |
| Genitive | -dicī | -dicae | -dicī | -dicōrum | -dicārum | -dicōrum | |
| Dative | -dicō | -dicō | -dicīs | ||||
| Accusative | -dicum | -dicam | -dicum | -dicōs | -dicās | -dica | |
| Ablative | -dicō | -dicā | -dicō | -dicīs | |||
| Vocative | -dice | -dica | -dicum | -dicī | -dicae | -dica | |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Comparison of Adjectives in Meagan Ayer, Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2014.