arcticus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈark.ti.kus/, [ˈärkt̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈark.ti.kus/, [ˈärkt̪ikus]
Adjective edit
arcticus (feminine arctica, neuter arcticum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | arcticus | arctica | arcticum | arcticī | arcticae | arctica | |
| Genitive | arcticī | arcticae | arcticī | arcticōrum | arcticārum | arcticōrum | |
| Dative | arcticō | arcticō | arcticīs | ||||
| Accusative | arcticum | arcticam | arcticum | arcticōs | arcticās | arctica | |
| Ablative | arcticō | arcticā | arcticō | arcticīs | |||
| Vocative | arctice | arctica | arcticum | arcticī | arcticae | arctica | |
Synonyms edit
- (northern): boreālis
Descendants edit
Translingual descendants
- Ammotrypanella arctica
- Artemisia arctica
- Aspicilia arctica
- Caltha arctica
- Canadaga arctica
- Candelariella arctica
- Cochlearia arctica
- Dactylina arctica
- Edwardsia arctica
- Eudorella arctica
- Fratercula arctica
- Funaria arctica
- Gavia arctica
- Gowardia arctica
- Haliactis arctica
- Hymenelia arctica
- Minuartia arctica
- Miscodera arctica
- Nematomenia arctica
- Oxytropis arctica
- Paraleptostylis arctica
- Parnassius arctica
- Poa arctica
- Pleurobrachia arctica
- Puccinellia arctica
- Reussinella arctica
- Rinodina arctica
- Salix arctica
- Sticta arctica
- Toninia arctica
- Umbilicaria arctica
- Verrucaria arctica
- Walckenaeria arctica
References edit
- “arcticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arcticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.