opicus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀπικός (Opikós, “Oscan; barbarous”), from Ὀπῐκοί (Opikoí, “the Oscans”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

opicus (feminine opica, neuter opicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (derogatory) stupid, ignorant, barbarous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative opicus opica opicum opicī opicae opica
Genitive opicī opicae opicī opicōrum opicārum opicōrum
Dative opicō opicō opicīs
Accusative opicum opicam opicum opicōs opicās opica
Ablative opicō opicā opicō opicīs
Vocative opice opica opicum opicī opicae opica

References

  • “opicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “opicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • opicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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