paganicus

Latin

Etymology

From pāgus (“area outside of a city, countryside”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paːˈɡaː.ni.kus/, [päːˈɡäːnɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈɡa.ni.kus/, [päˈɡäːnikus]

Adjective

pāgānicus (feminine pāgānica, neuter pāgānicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the countryside, rural, rustic.
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Heathenish, pagan.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pāgānicus	pāgānica	pāgānicum		pāgānicī	pāgānicae	pāgānica
Genitive	pāgānicī	pāgānicae	pāgānicī		pāgānicōrum	pāgānicārum	pāgānicōrum
Dative	pāgānicō		pāgānicō		pāgānicīs
Accusative	pāgānicum	pāgānicam	pāgānicum		pāgānicōs	pāgānicās	pāgānica
Ablative	pāgānicō	pāgānicā	pāgānicō		pāgānicīs
Vocative	pāgānice	pāgānica	pāgānicum		pāgānicī	pāgānicae	pāgānica

Synonyms

• (rural, rustic): agrestis, rūrālis, rūricola, rūsticus

Derived terms

• pāgānicum

Related terms

• pāgānismus
• pāgānitās
• pāgānus
• pāgātim
• pāgus

References

• “paganicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paganicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.