indicus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰνδικός (indikós), from Ἰνδία (Indía).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.kus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.kus/,

Adjective

indicus (feminine indica, neuter indicum); first/second-declension adjective

Indian, Indic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	indicus	indica	indicum		indicī	indicae	indica
genitive	indicī	indicae	indicī		indicōrum	indicārum	indicōrum
dative	indicō	indicae	indicō		indicīs
accusative	indicum	indicam	indicum		indicōs	indicās	indica
ablative	indicō	indicā	indicō		indicīs
vocative	indice	indica	indicum		indicī	indicae	indica

Descendants

Gallo-Italic:
- Romagnol: índac (“indigo”)
Italian: indaco (“indigo”)
→ Polish: indyk (“turkey”)
→ Portuguese: índigo (“indigo”)
→ Romanian: indic
→ Russian: индюк (indjuk, “turkey”)
→ Spanish: índigo (“indigo”)

References

indicus 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)

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