politicus

Learned borrowing from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós); corresponding to politiek +‎ -icus. First attested in 1629.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpoːˈli.ti.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti‧cus

politicus m (plural politici, diminutive politicusje n, feminine politica)

1. politician

   Synonym: politieker

   De politicus hield een toespraak tijdens de campagne.

   The politician delivered a speech during the campaign.

   De politici debatteerden over verschillende maatschappelijke kwesties.

   The politicians debated various social issues.

   De jonge politica is een veelbelovend lid van het parlement.

   The young politician is a promising member of the parliament.

• Afrikaans: politikus
• → Indonesian: politikus, politisi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós).

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

polīticus (feminine polītica, neuter polīticum, adverb polīticē); first/second-declension adjective

1. political, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity

First/second-declension adjective.

• (political): cīvīlis

• trias polītica ^(wiki)

• Catalan: polític
• French: politique
  • English: politic
  • German: Politik
• Italian: politico
• Occitan: politic
• Portuguese: político
• Romanian: politic, politică
• Spanish: político

• “politicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “politicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• politicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• politicus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016