-icus

See also: Icus and ICUs

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin -icus.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-icus

1. -ic or -ician

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -icus

Latin

Etymology 1

From i-stem + -cus, occurring in some original cases and later used freely. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), Proto-Germanic *-igaz (Old High German and Old English -ig, Gothic -𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (-eigs)), Sanskrit -इक (-ika), Proto-Slavic *-ьcь (the last has fossilized into a nominal agent suffix, but probably originally also served adjectival functions).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.kus/, [ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.kus/, [ikus] (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-icus (feminine -ica, neuter -icum); first/second-declension suffix

1. belonging to
2. derived from
3. of or pertaining to; connected with; -ic, -ish

Usage notes

The suffix -icus is added to a noun, adjective, verb, etc., to form an adjective.

Examples:

‎ūnus (“one”) + ‎-icus → ‎ūnicus (“single, unique”)

‎Gallia (“Gaul”) + ‎-icus → ‎gallicus (“Gallic, Gaulish”)

‎metallum (“metal”) + ‎-icus → ‎metallicus (“metallic”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-icus	-ica	-icum		-icī	-icae	-ica
Genitive	-icī	-icae	-icī		-icōrum	-icārum	-icōrum
Dative	-icō		-icō		-icīs
Accusative	-icum	-icam	-icum		-icōs	-icās	-ica
Ablative	-icō	-icā	-icō		-icīs
Vocative	-ice	-ica	-icum		-icī	-icae	-ica

Synonyms

• -ānus, -ēnsis

Derived terms

• -ticus
  • -āticus

Latin terms suffixed with -icus

Descendants

• Aromanian: -ic
• → Afrikaans: -ies
• Asturian: -icu
• Catalan: -ic
• → Dutch: -icus
• → English: -ic, -ick (obsolete)
• → French: -ique
• Galician: -ico
• → Hungarian: -ikus
• Italian: -ico
• → Portuguese: -ico, -igo
• Portuguese: -ego
• Romanian: -ec, -ic
• Sicilian: -icu
• → Spanish: -ico
• Venetan: -ego

Etymology 2

Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos, like Etymology 1; compare also other words containing a velar suffix such as fēlīx, lactūca. The -ī- may come from an instrumental case form (compare -ītus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.kus/, [ˈiːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.kus/, [ˈiːkus]

Suffix

-īcus (feminine -īca, neuter -īcum); first/second-declension suffix

1. related to, pertaining to

Usage notes

Used to form some adjectives, as well as various nouns with specific genders.

Examples:

‎amō (“I love”) + ‎-icus → ‎amīcus (“loving, friendly”)

‎menda (“flaw”) + ‎-icus → ‎mendīcus (“indigent, beggarly”)

‎pudeō (“to be ashamed”) + ‎-icus → ‎pudīcus (“chaste, pure”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-īcus	-īca	-īcum		-īcī	-īcae	-īca
Genitive	-īcī	-īcae	-īcī		-īcōrum	-īcārum	-īcōrum
Dative	-īcō		-īcō		-īcīs
Accusative	-īcum	-īcam	-īcum		-īcōs	-īcās	-īca
Ablative	-īcō	-īcā	-īcō		-īcīs
Vocative	-īce	-īca	-īcum		-īcī	-īcae	-īca

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -icus (long)