asticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀστικός (astikós, “of a city (ἄστυ)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ti.kus/, [ˈäs̠t̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ti.kus/, [ˈäst̪ikus]

Adjective

asticus (feminine astica, neuter asticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. urban
   • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Gai 20:

     Edidit et peregre spectacula, in Sicilia Syracusis asticos ludos et in Gallia Luguduni miscellos.

     He gave also games abroad, in Sicily at Syracuse urban games and in Gaul at Lugdunum mixed games.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	asticus	astica	asticum		asticī	asticae	astica
Genitive	asticī	asticae	asticī		asticōrum	asticārum	asticōrum
Dative	asticō		asticō		asticīs
Accusative	asticum	asticam	asticum		asticōs	asticās	astica
Ablative	asticō	asticā	asticō		asticīs
Vocative	astice	astica	asticum		asticī	asticae	astica

References

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