genticus

Latin

Etymology

From gēns (“clan, tribe”) +‎ -icus (“-ic”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡen.ti.kus/, [ˈɡɛn̪t̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒen.ti.kus/, [ˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪ikus]

Adjective

genticus (feminine gentica, neuter genticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of, belonging to, or derived from a gens/clan/lineage/family; familial, lineal
2. of, belonging to, or derived from a tribe; tribal
   • Tacitus, Annales, Liber III: Ab Excessu Divi Augusti, 43

     Adduntur e servitiis gladiaturae destinati, quibus more gentico continuum ferri tegimen: cruppellarios vocant, inferendis ictibus inhabilis, accipiendis impenetrabilis.

     To these he added a contingent of slaves, destined for the gladiatorial ring and, the custom with the tribe, encased in the continuous shell of iron: the so-called “cruppellarians”, who, if too weighty to inflict wounds, are impregnably fortified against receiving them.

3. of, belonging to, or derived from a nation; national

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	genticus	gentica	genticum		genticī	genticae	gentica
Genitive	genticī	genticae	genticī		genticōrum	genticārum	genticōrum
Dative	genticō		genticō		genticīs
Accusative	genticum	genticam	genticum		genticōs	genticās	gentica
Ablative	genticō	genticā	genticō		genticīs
Vocative	gentice	gentica	genticum		genticī	genticae	gentica

Related terms

• gēns
• gentīlis
• gentīlicius
• genetīvus

References

• “genticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “genticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• genticus 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)
• genticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016