patrioticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πατριωτικός (patriōtikós), from πᾰτρῐώτης (patriṓtēs), itself from πᾰτρῐᾱ́ (patriā́). Equivalent to patriōta (“fellow countryman”) +‎ -icus (“pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈoː.ti.kus/, [pät̪riˈoːt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈo.ti.kus/, [pät̪riˈɔːt̪ikus]

Adjective

patriōticus (feminine patriōtica, neuter patriōticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to one's native land; patriotic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	patriōticus	patriōtica	patriōticum		patriōticī	patriōticae	patriōtica
Genitive	patriōticī	patriōticae	patriōticī		patriōticōrum	patriōticārum	patriōticōrum
Dative	patriōticō		patriōticō		patriōticīs
Accusative	patriōticum	patriōticam	patriōticum		patriōticōs	patriōticās	patriōtica
Ablative	patriōticō	patriōticā	patriōticō		patriōticīs
Vocative	patriōtice	patriōtica	patriōticum		patriōticī	patriōticae	patriōtica

References

• “patrioticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• patrioticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• patrioticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.