genticus

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Latin

Etymology

From gēns (“clan, tribe”) +‎ -icus (“-ic”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

genticus (feminine gentica, neuter genticum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of, belonging to, or derived from a gens/clan/lineage/family; familial, lineal
  2. of, belonging to, or derived from a tribe; tribal
    • Tacitus, Annales, Liber III: Ab Excessu Divi Augusti, 43
      Adduntur e servitiis gladiaturae destinati, quibus more gentico continuum ferri tegimen: cruppellarios vocant, inferendis ictibus inhabilis, accipiendis impenetrabilis.
      To these he added a contingent of slaves, destined for the gladiatorial ring and, the custom with the tribe, encased in the continuous shell of iron: the so-called “cruppellarians”, who, if too weighty to inflict wounds, are impregnably fortified against receiving them.
  3. of, belonging to, or derived from a nation; national

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative genticus gentica genticum genticī genticae gentica
Genitive genticī genticae genticī genticōrum genticārum genticōrum
Dative genticō genticō genticīs
Accusative genticum genticam genticum genticōs genticās gentica
Ablative genticō genticā genticō genticīs
Vocative gentice gentica genticum genticī genticae gentica

References

  • “genticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “genticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • genticus 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)
  • genticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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