surrepticius

Latin

Alternative forms

• subreptīcius
• surreptītius

Etymology

From surreptus +‎ -īcius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sur.repˈtiː.ki.us/, [s̠ʊrːɛpˈt̪iːkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sur.repˈti.t͡ʃi.us/, [surːepˈt̪iːt͡ʃius]

Adjective

surreptīcius (feminine surreptīcia, neuter surreptīcium); first/second-declension adjective

1. stolen, clandestine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	surreptīcius	surreptīcia	surreptīcium		surreptīciī	surreptīciae	surreptīcia
Genitive	surreptīciī	surreptīciae	surreptīciī		surreptīciōrum	surreptīciārum	surreptīciōrum
Dative	surreptīciō		surreptīciō		surreptīciīs
Accusative	surreptīcium	surreptīciam	surreptīcium		surreptīciōs	surreptīciās	surreptīcia
Ablative	surreptīciō	surreptīciā	surreptīciō		surreptīciīs
Vocative	surreptīcie	surreptīcia	surreptīcium		surreptīciī	surreptīciae	surreptīcia

Descendants

• → Catalan: surreptici, subreptici
• → English: surreptitious
• → French: subreptice
• → Italian: surrettizio
• → Portuguese: sub-reptício
• → Spanish: subrepticio

References

• “surrepticius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press