lustricus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From lūstrum (“purificatory sacrifice”) + -icus (“pertaining to”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluːs.tri.kus/, [ˈɫ̪uːs̠t̪rɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlus.tri.kus/, [ˈlust̪rikus]
Adjective edit
lūstricus (feminine lūstrica, neuter lūstricum); first/second-declension adjective
- belonging to a lūstrum, purificatory
Usage notes edit
Used in the phrase diēs lūstricus referring to the day on which a newborn was purified by a sacrifice and received a name (eighth for girls, ninth for boys).
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lūstricus | lūstrica | lūstricum | lūstricī | lūstricae | lūstrica | |
| Genitive | lūstricī | lūstricae | lūstricī | lūstricōrum | lūstricārum | lūstricōrum | |
| Dative | lūstricō | lūstricō | lūstricīs | ||||
| Accusative | lūstricum | lūstricam | lūstricum | lūstricōs | lūstricās | lūstrica | |
| Ablative | lūstricō | lūstricā | lūstricō | lūstricīs | |||
| Vocative | lūstrice | lūstrica | lūstricum | lūstricī | lūstricae | lūstrica | |
References edit
- “lustricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lustricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.