exoticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈsoː.ti.kus/, [ɛkˈs̠oːt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈso.ti.kus/, [eɡˈzɔːt̪ikus]

Adjective

exōticus (feminine exōtica, neuter exōticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. foreign, exotic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	exōticus	exōtica	exōticum		exōticī	exōticae	exōtica
Genitive	exōticī	exōticae	exōticī		exōticōrum	exōticārum	exōticōrum
Dative	exōticō		exōticō		exōticīs
Accusative	exōticum	exōticam	exōticum		exōticōs	exōticās	exōtica
Ablative	exōticō	exōticā	exōticō		exōticīs
Vocative	exōtice	exōtica	exōticum		exōticī	exōticae	exōtica

Derived terms

• exōticum

Descendants

• Catalan: exòtic
• English: exotic
• French: exotique
• Friulian: esotic
• Galician: exótico
• >? Italian: zotico
  • Italian: esotico
• Occitan: exotic
• Piedmontese: esòtich
• Portuguese: exótico
• Sicilian: sòticu
• Spanish: exótico

References

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