posticum

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Latin

Etymology

From postīcus (“back, rear”).

Noun

postīcum n (genitive postīcī); second declension

  1. back door
  2. outhouse

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative postīcum postīca
genitive postīcī postīcōrum
dative postīcō postīcīs
accusative postīcum postīca
ablative postīcō postīcīs
vocative postīcum postīca

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: poxigo, pexigo, postigo, puxigo
  • Portuguese: postigo
  • Spanish: postigo (“shutter”)

Adjective

postīcum

  1. inflection of postīcus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

  • “posticum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • posticum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “posticum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “posticum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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