causticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯s.ti.kus/, [ˈkäu̯s̠t̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯s.ti.kus/, [ˈkäu̯st̪ikus]

Adjective

causticus (feminine caustica, neuter causticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. burning, caustic, corrosive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	causticus	caustica	causticum		causticī	causticae	caustica
Genitive	causticī	causticae	causticī		causticōrum	causticārum	causticōrum
Dative	causticō		causticō		causticīs
Accusative	causticum	causticam	causticum		causticōs	causticās	caustica
Ablative	causticō	causticā	causticō		causticīs
Vocative	caustice	caustica	causticum		causticī	causticae	caustica

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: càustic (learned)
• → French: caustique (learned)
  • →⇒ Polish: kaustyczny, kostyczny
• →⇒ German: kaustisch
  • → Danish: kaustisk
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: kaustisk
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kaustisk
• → English: caustic
• → Italian: caustico (learned)
• → Portuguese: cáustico (learned)
• → Romanian: caustic (learned)
• → Spanish: cáustico (learned)

References

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