nauticus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ναυτικός (nautikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.ti.kus/, [ˈnäu̯t̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.ti.kus/, [ˈnäːu̯t̪ikus]

Adjective

nauticus (feminine nautica, neuter nauticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. nautical, naval

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nauticus	nautica	nauticum		nauticī	nauticae	nautica
Genitive	nauticī	nauticae	nauticī		nauticōrum	nauticārum	nauticōrum
Dative	nauticō		nauticō		nauticīs
Accusative	nauticum	nauticam	nauticum		nauticōs	nauticās	nautica
Ablative	nauticō	nauticā	nauticō		nauticīs
Vocative	nautice	nautica	nauticum		nauticī	nauticae	nautica

Descendants

• Catalan: nàutic
• English: nautical
• French: nautique
• Friulian: nautic
• Galician: náutico
• Italian: nautico
• Occitan: nautic
• Portuguese: náutico
• Romanian: nautic
• Sicilian: nàuticu
• Spanish: náutico

References

• “nauticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nauticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nauticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• incautus