persicus

Latin

Etymology

From Persae (“Persians”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.kus/, [ˈpɛrs̠ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.kus/, [ˈpɛrsikus]

Adjective

persicus (feminine persica, neuter persicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Persian; of Persia

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	persicus	persica	persicum		persicī	persicae	persica
Genitive	persicī	persicae	persicī		persicōrum	persicārum	persicōrum
Dative	persicō		persicō		persicīs
Accusative	persicum	persicam	persicum		persicōs	persicās	persica
Ablative	persicō	persicā	persicō		persicīs
Vocative	persice	persica	persicum		persicī	persicae	persica

Noun

persicus f (genitive persicī); second declension

1. a peach tree

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	persicus	persicī
Genitive	persicī	persicōrum
Dative	persicō	persicīs
Accusative	persicum	persicōs
Ablative	persicō	persicīs
Vocative	persice	persicī

Descendants

• Aromanian: chearsic, hearhic
• French: persicot, persique
• Italian: persico, pesco
• Romanian: piersic
• Sardinian: péssiche, pénsiu, péssiu, préssiu
• Sicilian: pèrsicu

Related terms

• Persa
• Persae
• persica
• persicum

References

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