opticus
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀπτῐκός (optikós, “of or for sight”), from ὀπτός (optós, “visible”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.kus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈop.ti.kus/,
Adjective
opticus (feminine optica, neuter opticum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | opticus | optica | opticum | opticī | opticae | optica | |
| Genitive | opticī | opticae | opticī | opticōrum | opticārum | opticōrum | |
| Dative | opticō | opticō | opticīs | ||||
| Accusative | opticum | opticam | opticum | opticōs | opticās | optica | |
| Ablative | opticō | opticā | opticō | opticīs | |||
| Vocative | optice | optica | opticum | opticī | opticae | optica | |
Descendants
Descendants of opticus
References
- “optic”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “optic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.