apostolicus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

apostolicus (feminine apostolica, neuter apostolicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to an apostle; apostolic.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative apostolicus apostolica apostolicum apostolicī apostolicae apostolica
genitive apostolicī apostolicae apostolicī apostolicōrum apostolicārum apostolicōrum
dative apostolicō apostolicae apostolicō apostolicīs
accusative apostolicum apostolicam apostolicum apostolicōs apostolicās apostolica
ablative apostolicō apostolicā apostolicō apostolicīs
vocative apostolice apostolica apostolicum apostolicī apostolicae apostolica

Descendants

Descendants

Noun

apostolicus m (genitive apostolicī); second declension

  1. apostle
  2. (Medieval Latin) bishop, (specifically) the pope

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative apostolicus apostolicī
genitive apostolicī apostolicōrum
dative apostolicō apostolicīs
accusative apostolicum apostolicōs
ablative apostolicō apostolicīs
vocative apostolice apostolicī

References

  • “apostolicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • apostolicus 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)
  • apostolicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • apostolicus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “apostolicus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill
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