authenticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός (authentikós, “principal, genuine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈtʰen.ti.kus/, [äu̯ˈt̪ʰɛn̪t̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈten.ti.kus/, [äu̯ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪ikus]

Adjective

authenticus (feminine authentica, neuter authenticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. original, genuine, authentic

   Synonym: genuinus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	authenticus	authentica	authenticum		authenticī	authenticae	authentica
Genitive	authenticī	authenticae	authenticī		authenticōrum	authenticārum	authenticōrum
Dative	authenticō		authenticō		authenticīs
Accusative	authenticum	authenticam	authenticum		authenticōs	authenticās	authentica
Ablative	authenticō	authenticā	authenticō		authenticīs
Vocative	authentice	authentica	authenticum		authenticī	authenticae	authentica

Descendants

• Catalan: autèntic
• French: authentique
• Friulian: autentic
• Galician: auténtico
• Italian: autentico
• Occitan: autentic
• Polish: autentyczny
• Portuguese: autêntico
• Romanian: autentic
• Sicilian: autènticu
• Spanish: auténtico

References

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