laicus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

lāicus (feminine lāica, neuter lāicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. lay (of the laity)
  2. unconsecrated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative lāicus lāica lāicum lāicī lāicae lāica
genitive lāicī lāicae lāicī lāicōrum lāicārum lāicōrum
dative lāicō lāicae lāicō lāicīs
accusative lāicum lāicam lāicum lāicōs lāicās lāica
ablative lāicō lāicā lāicō lāicīs
vocative lāice lāica lāicum lāicī lāicae lāica

Descendants

References

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