-aticus
Latin
Etymology
Derived from -ātus (“-ate”, “-like”) + -icus (derivational suffix), occurring in some original cases and later freely extended. Not to be confused with the ending -aticus (note the short /a/) found in various borrowings from Greek (cf. aenigmaticus, grammaticus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aː.tɪ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.t̪i.kus]
Suffix
-āticus (feminine -ātica, neuter -āticum); first/second-declension suffix
- Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to the root noun or actions related to it.
- umbra (“shadow”, “shade”) + -aticus → umbrāticus (“found in the shade”)
- via (“road”, “path”) + -aticus → viāticus (“related to a journey or travel”)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -āticus | -ātica | -āticum | -āticī | -āticae | -ātica | |
| genitive | -āticī | -āticae | -āticī | -āticōrum | -āticārum | -āticōrum | |
| dative | -āticō | -āticae | -āticō | -āticīs | |||
| accusative | -āticum | -āticam | -āticum | -āticōs | -āticās | -ātica | |
| ablative | -āticō | -āticā | -āticō | -āticīs | |||
| vocative | -ātice | -ātica | -āticum | -āticī | -āticae | -ātica | |
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -aticus