academicus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acadēmicus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.kaːˈdeː.mi.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: aca‧de‧mi‧cus

Noun

academicus m (plural academicussen or academici, diminutive academicusje n, feminine academica)

1. an academic
2. an academician

Descendants

• → Indonesian: akademikus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈdeː.mi.kus/, [äkäˈd̪eːmɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈde.mi.kus/, [äkäˈd̪ɛːmikus]

Adjective

acadēmicus (feminine acadēmica, neuter acadēmicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. academic; of or pertaining to the Greek academy and Platonism, as opposed to Stoic.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	acadēmicus	acadēmica	acadēmicum		acadēmicī	acadēmicae	acadēmica
Genitive	acadēmicī	acadēmicae	acadēmicī		acadēmicōrum	acadēmicārum	acadēmicōrum
Dative	acadēmicō		acadēmicō		acadēmicīs
Accusative	acadēmicum	acadēmicam	acadēmicum		acadēmicōs	acadēmicās	acadēmica
Ablative	acadēmicō	acadēmicā	acadēmicō		acadēmicīs
Vocative	acadēmice	acadēmica	acadēmicum		acadēmicī	acadēmicae	acadēmica

Descendants

• English: academic

Noun

acadēmicus m (genitive acadēmicī); second declension

1. an academician, especially a philosopher of the Platonic school, as opposed to a Stoic.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	acadēmicus	acadēmicī
Genitive	acadēmicī	acadēmicōrum
Dative	acadēmicō	acadēmicīs
Accusative	acadēmicum	acadēmicōs
Ablative	acadēmicō	acadēmicīs
Vocative	acadēmice	acadēmicī

Related terms

• acadēmīa

Descendants

• Catalan: acadèmic
• English: academic
• French: académique
• Italian: accademico
• Portuguese: acadêmico
• Romanian: academic
• Spanish: académico

References

• “academicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• academicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• academicus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016