Latin

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Etymology

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From vārus (bent in; knock-kneed; different) +‎ -icus (-ic: forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vāricus (feminine vārica, neuter vāricum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. with feet spread apart, straddling

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

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References

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