cubicus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυβικός (kubikós); morphologically, equivalent to cubus +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cubicus (feminine cubica, neuter cubicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. cubic (all senses), cubical
    uncia cubica ― cubic inch

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cubicus cubica cubicum cubicī cubicae cubica
genitive cubicī cubicae cubicī cubicōrum cubicārum cubicōrum
dative cubicō cubicae cubicō cubicīs
accusative cubicum cubicam cubicum cubicōs cubicās cubica
ablative cubicō cubicā cubicō cubicīs
vocative cubice cubica cubicum cubicī cubicae cubica

Descendants

  • → Catalan: cúbic
  • → French: cubique
  • → Galician: cúbico
  • → Portuguese: cúbico
  • → Romanian: cubic
  • → Spanish: cúbico

References

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