haereticus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἱρετῐκός (hairetĭkós, able to choose), from αἱρέω (hairéō, I choose, select).

Pronunciation

Adjective

haereticus (feminine haeretica, neuter haereticum, adverb haereticē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) heretical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative haereticus haeretica haereticum haereticī haereticae haeretica
genitive haereticī haereticae haereticī haereticōrum haereticārum haereticōrum
dative haereticō haereticae haereticō haereticīs
accusative haereticum haereticam haereticum haereticōs haereticās haeretica
ablative haereticō haereticā haereticō haereticīs
vocative haeretice haeretica haereticum haereticī haereticae haeretica

Derived terms

Noun

haereticus m (genitive haereticī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) heretic

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Old Italian: retico
    • Sicilian: rèticu
  • Padanian:
    • Old Ligurian: erexi (plural)
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: heréjo
    • Old French: erege
      • French: hérège (obsolete or dialectal)
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

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