Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word antiquus. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word antiquus, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say antiquus in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word antiquus you have here. The definition of the word antiquus will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofantiquus, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Reflects Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s(literally “facing the front”), from the same roots whence ante(“in front of”) and oculus(“eye”). Compare Sanskritअन्तिक(antiká, “near, in the vicinity; nearness, proximity”), which is however derived from *h₂enti-kó-s, with diminutive suffix. Sense 5 could be a calque of Ancient Greekπρέσβυς(présbus).
Due to the regular sound change /kʷu/ > /ku/, the masculine antīquus was pronounced with /k/ (and indeed often spelled ⟨anticus⟩). The feminine antīqua, on the other hand, retained /kʷ/. In Romance, this /k~kʷ/ alternation persisted in Old French, Old Spanish, and Old Portuguese (see below). In all Romance languages, the alternation was sooner or later leveled by analogy.
↑ 1.01.1De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ante”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45
“antiquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
antiquus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
antiquus 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)
antiquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
in old days, in the olden time: antiquistemporibus
to restore a man to his former position: aliquem in antiquum statum, in pristinum restituere