criticus

Borrowed from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κρῐτῐκός (krĭtĭkós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ti.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: cri‧ti‧cus

criticus m (plural critici, diminutive criticusje n)

1. critic

From Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krínō, “I judge”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkrɪ.tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkriː.t̪i.kus]

criticus (feminine critica, neuter criticum, adverb criticē); first/second-declension adjective

1. (medicine) critical, decisive

Classical usage of the adjective criticus is almost entirely limited to medical texts.

First/second-declension adjective.

criticus m (genitive criticī); second declension

1. a critic

Second-declension noun.

• “criticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “criticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• criticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.