mendicus
Latin
Etymology
From menda (“physical defect, fault”) + -īcus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛnˈdiː.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [men̪ˈd̪iː.kus]
Adjective
mendīcus (feminine mendīca, neuter mendīcum, superlative mendīcissimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | mendīcus | mendīca | mendīcum | mendīcī | mendīcae | mendīca | |
| genitive | mendīcī | mendīcae | mendīcī | mendīcōrum | mendīcārum | mendīcōrum | |
| dative | mendīcō | mendīcae | mendīcō | mendīcīs | |||
| accusative | mendīcum | mendīcam | mendīcum | mendīcōs | mendīcās | mendīca | |
| ablative | mendīcō | mendīcā | mendīcō | mendīcīs | |||
| vocative | mendīce | mendīca | mendīcum | mendīcī | mendīcae | mendīca | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
mendīcus m (genitive mendīcī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mendīcus | mendīcī |
| genitive | mendīcī | mendīcōrum |
| dative | mendīcō | mendīcīs |
| accusative | mendīcum | mendīcōs |
| ablative | mendīcō | mendīcīs |
| vocative | mendīce | mendīcī |
References
- “mendicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mendicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mendicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mendicus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers