stoicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στωϊκός (Stōïkós), from Ποικίλη Στοά (Poikílē Stoá, “painted portico”), the portico in Athens where Zeno was teaching. See Stoa Poikile.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstoː.i.kus/, [ˈs̠t̪oːɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.i.kus/, [ˈst̪ɔːikus]

Noun

stōicus m (genitive stōicī); second declension

1. stoic

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stōicus	stōicī
Genitive	stōicī	stōicōrum
Dative	stōicō	stōicīs
Accusative	stōicum	stōicōs
Ablative	stōicō	stōicīs
Vocative	stōice	stōicī

Adjective

stōicus (feminine stōica, neuter stōicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. stoic
2. stoical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	stōicus	stōica	stōicum		stōicī	stōicae	stōica
Genitive	stōicī	stōicae	stōicī		stōicōrum	stōicārum	stōicōrum
Dative	stōicō		stōicō		stōicīs
Accusative	stōicum	stōicam	stōicum		stōicōs	stōicās	stōica
Ablative	stōicō	stōicā	stōicō		stōicīs
Vocative	stōice	stōica	stōicum		stōicī	stōicae	stōica

Related terms

• stōicismus
• Stōicidae
• stōicē

References

• “stoicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stoicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stoicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.