reciprocus

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from a phrase such as *reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

reciprocus (feminine reciproca, neuter reciprocum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. back and forth
  2. alternating
  3. reciprocal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative reciprocus reciproca reciprocum reciprocī reciprocae reciproca
genitive reciprocī reciprocae reciprocī reciprocōrum reciprocārum reciprocōrum
dative reciprocō reciprocae reciprocō reciprocīs
accusative reciprocum reciprocam reciprocum reciprocōs reciprocās reciproca
ablative reciprocō reciprocā reciprocō reciprocīs
vocative reciproce reciproca reciprocum reciprocī reciprocae reciproca

Descendants

  • Catalan: recíproc
  • French: réciproque
  • Galician: recíproco
  • → German: reziprok
  • Italian: reciproco
  • Piedmontese: ressìproch
  • Portuguese: recíproco
  • Romanian: reciproc
  • Spanish: recíproco

References

  • “reciprocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “reciprocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • reciprocus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516
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