viaticus

Latin

Etymology

From via (“road, path”) +‎ -āticus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈaː.ti.kus/, [u̯iˈäːt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈa.ti.kus/, [viˈäːt̪ikus]

Adjective

viāticus (feminine viātica, neuter viāticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Pertaining to traveling or a journey.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	viāticus	viātica	viāticum		viāticī	viāticae	viātica
Genitive	viāticī	viāticae	viāticī		viāticōrum	viāticārum	viāticōrum
Dative	viāticō		viāticō		viāticīs
Accusative	viāticum	viāticam	viāticum		viāticōs	viāticās	viātica
Ablative	viāticō	viāticā	viāticō		viāticīs
Vocative	viātice	viātica	viāticum		viāticī	viāticae	viātica

Derived terms

• viāticum

Descendants

• → English: viatic

Adjective

viāticus (feminine viātica, neuter viāticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. A ride; a journey or a trip in a vehicle, on an animal/object, etc.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	viaticus	viaticī
Genitive	viaticī	viaticōrum
Dative	viaticō	viaticīs
Accusative	viaticum	viaticōs
Ablative	viaticō	viaticīs
Vocative	viatice	viaticī

References

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