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Latin
Etymology
From metallum (“metal”) + -icus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
metallicus (feminine metallica, neuter metallicum); first/second-declension adjective
- yielding or abounding in metal
- (post-Augustan) metallic
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
Noun
metallicus m (genitive metallicī); second declension
- miner; a digger of metals
- Synonym: metallārius
- person condemned to the mines
- worker in stone
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “metallicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- metallicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- metallicus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016