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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “I do”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
prācticus (feminine prāctica, neuter prācticum); first/second-declension adjective
- practical
- active
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “practicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "practicus", 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)
- practicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- practicus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016