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Latin
Etymology
From vārus (“bent in; knock-kneed; different”) + -icus (“-ic: forming adjectives”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
vāricus (feminine vārica, neuter vāricum); first/second-declension adjective
- with feet spread apart, straddling
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “varicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “varicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- varicus 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)
- varicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.