apricus
Latin
FWOTD – 7 June 2018
Etymology
From earlier *aperīcus, from aperiō (“to open, uncover”) + -cus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈpriː.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈpriː.kus]
Adjective
aprīcus (feminine aprīca, neuter aprīcum, comparative aprīcior, superlative aprīcissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- sunny, having lots of sunshine, warmed by the sun
- (Medieval Latin) delectable, delightful
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | aprīcus | aprīca | aprīcum | aprīcī | aprīcae | aprīca | |
| genitive | aprīcī | aprīcae | aprīcī | aprīcōrum | aprīcārum | aprīcōrum | |
| dative | aprīcō | aprīcae | aprīcō | aprīcīs | |||
| accusative | aprīcum | aprīcam | aprīcum | aprīcōs | aprīcās | aprīca | |
| ablative | aprīcō | aprīcā | aprīcō | aprīcīs | |||
| vocative | aprīce | aprīca | aprīcum | aprīcī | aprīcae | aprīca | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: aprig
- Italo-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
- “apricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “apricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "apricus", 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)
- apricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.