syndicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsyn.di.kus/, [ˈs̠ʏn̪d̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsin.di.kus/, [ˈsin̪d̪ikus]

Noun

syndicus m (genitive syndicī); second declension

1. A representative of a corporation; syndic.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	syndicus	syndicī
Genitive	syndicī	syndicōrum
Dative	syndicō	syndicīs
Accusative	syndicum	syndicōs
Ablative	syndicō	syndicīs
Vocative	syndice	syndicī

Descendants

• → Catalan: síndic
• → Dutch: syndicus
• → French: syndic
  • → English: syndic
  • → Romanian: sindic
• → German: Syndikus, Syndicus
• Italian: sindaco
• Old Francoprovençal: síndico
  • Franco-Provençal: sýndico
• → Portuguese: síndico
• → Spanish: síndico

See also

• collēgium

References

• “syndicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• syndicus 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)
• syndicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “syndicus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• syndicus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “syndicus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin