ethnicus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ethnicus (feminine ethnica, neuter ethnicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (especially Christianity) heathen
  2. pagan

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ethnicus ethnica ethnicum ethnicī ethnicae ethnica
genitive ethnicī ethnicae ethnicī ethnicōrum ethnicārum ethnicōrum
dative ethnicō ethnicae ethnicō ethnicīs
accusative ethnicum ethnicam ethnicum ethnicōs ethnicās ethnica
ablative ethnicō ethnicā ethnicō ethnicīs
vocative ethnice ethnica ethnicum ethnicī ethnicae ethnica

Synonyms

References

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