ocior
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Comparative of an unattested adjective. From Proto-Italic *ōk-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁oh₁ḱús (“quick, swift”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús), Sanskrit आशु (āśú).[1]. See also ōciter.
Adjective edit
ōcior (neuter ōcius, superlative ōcissimus); third-declension comparative adjective
Declension edit
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | ōcior | ōcius | ōciōrēs | ōciōra | |
Genitive | ōciōris | ōciōrum | |||
Dative | ōciōrī | ōciōribus | |||
Accusative | ōciōrem | ōcius | ōciōrēs | ōciōra | |
Ablative | ōciōre | ōciōribus | |||
Vocative | ōcior | ōcius | ōciōrēs | ōciōra |
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “ocior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ocior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ocior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette