Moschoviticus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Moscoviticus
Etymology
Moschovita (“Muscovite”) + -icus (“-ic”)
Adjective
Moschoviticus (feminine Moschovitica, neuter Moschoviticum); first/second-declension adjective
- Muscovite
- 1581, Alexander Guagnini, Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio, quae regnum Poloniae, Lituaniam, Samogitiam, Russiam, Massoviam, Prussiam, Pomeraniam, Livoniam, et Moschoviae, Tartariaeque partem complectitur [Description of European Sarmatia, Which Encompasses the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia, Russia, Mazovia, Prussia, Pomerania, Livonia, Muscovy, and Part of Tartary], folio 79v:
- Moſchouiticus nummus nõ rotundus eſt, ſed oblongus
- A Muscovite coin is not round, but oblong
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Moschoviticus | Moschovitica | Moschoviticum | Moschoviticī | Moschoviticae | Moschovitica | |
| genitive | Moschoviticī | Moschoviticae | Moschoviticī | Moschoviticōrum | Moschoviticārum | Moschoviticōrum | |
| dative | Moschoviticō | Moschoviticae | Moschoviticō | Moschoviticīs | |||
| accusative | Moschoviticum | Moschoviticam | Moschoviticum | Moschoviticōs | Moschoviticās | Moschovitica | |
| ablative | Moschoviticō | Moschoviticā | Moschoviticō | Moschoviticīs | |||
| vocative | Moschovitice | Moschovitica | Moschoviticum | Moschoviticī | Moschoviticae | Moschovitica | |