Apicius

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Suggested sources include *apicus from Ancient Greek ἄποκος (ápokos, “hairless”) or ἄποικος (ápoikos, “colonist”), or apex via *apicō, thus meaning “priest, one who wears a conical hat”.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈpiː.ki.us/, [äˈpiːkiʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpi.t͡ʃi.us/, [äˈpiːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Apīcius m sg (genitive Apīciī or Apīcī); second declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Marcus Gavius Apicius, a Roman cookbook writer

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Apīcius
Genitive	Apīciī Apīcī¹
Dative	Apīciō
Accusative	Apīcium
Ablative	Apīciō
Vocative	Apīcī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Apīciānus

References

“Apicius2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Apicius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.