apodicticus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτικός (apodeiktikós, “affording proof”, “demonstrative”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.poˈdiːk.ti.kus/, [äpɔˈd̪iːkt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.poˈdik.ti.kus/, [äpoˈd̪ikt̪ikus]

Adjective

apodīcticus (feminine apodīctica, neuter apodīcticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. demonstratively true; apodictic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	apodīcticus	apodīctica	apodīcticum		apodīcticī	apodīcticae	apodīctica
Genitive	apodīcticī	apodīcticae	apodīcticī		apodīcticōrum	apodīcticārum	apodīcticōrum
Dative	apodīcticō		apodīcticō		apodīcticīs
Accusative	apodīcticum	apodīcticam	apodīcticum		apodīcticōs	apodīcticās	apodīctica
Ablative	apodīcticō	apodīcticā	apodīcticō		apodīcticīs
Vocative	apodīctice	apodīctica	apodīcticum		apodīcticī	apodīcticae	apodīctica

Descendants

• → Catalan: apodíctic (learned)
• → English: apodictic
• → French: apodictique (learned)
• → Galician: apodíctico (learned)
• → German: apodiktisch
• → Italian: apodittico (learned)
• → Polish: apodyktyczny
• → Portuguese: apodíctico, apodítico (learned)
• → Spanish: apodíctico (learned)

References

• “apodicticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apodicticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• apodicticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.