pacificus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom pāx (“peace”) + -ficus (“bringing, making”), related to faciō (“to make”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /paːˈki.fi.kus/, [päːˈkɪfɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈt͡ʃi.fi.kus/, [päˈt͡ʃiːfikus]
Adjective
editpācificus (feminine pācifica, neuter pācificum, adverb pācificē); first/second-declension adjective
- peacemaking, pacific, peaceable
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.407–408:
- pāce Cerēs laeta est; et vōs ōrātē, colōnī,
perpetuam pācem pācificumque ducem- Ceres delights in peace; and you, farmers –
pray for perpetual peace and a peacemaking ruler.
(See Ceres (mythology).)
- Ceres delights in peace; and you, farmers –
- pāce Cerēs laeta est; et vōs ōrātē, colōnī,
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | pācificus | pācifica | pācificum | pācificī | pācificae | pācifica | |
Genitive | pācificī | pācificae | pācificī | pācificōrum | pācificārum | pācificōrum | |
Dative | pācificō | pācificō | pācificīs | ||||
Accusative | pācificum | pācificam | pācificum | pācificōs | pācificās | pācifica | |
Ablative | pācificō | pācificā | pācificō | pācificīs | |||
Vocative | pācifice | pācifica | pācificum | pācificī | pācificae | pācifica |
Synonyms
edit- (peacemaking): pācificātōrius
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “peacemaking”): bellicōsus
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “pacificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pacificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pacificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.