lustricus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lūstrum (“purificatory sacrifice”) + -icus (“pertaining to”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈluːs.tri.kus/, [ˈɫ̪uːs̠t̪rɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlus.tri.kus/, [ˈlust̪rikus]
Adjective
[edit]lūstricus (feminine lūstrica, neuter lūstricum); first/second-declension adjective
- belonging to a lūstrum, purificatory
Usage notes
[edit]Used in the phrase diēs lūstricus referring to the day on which a newborn was purified by a sacrifice and received a name (eighth for girls, ninth for boys).
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | lūstricus | lūstrica | lūstricum | lūstricī | lūstricae | lūstrica | |
| genitive | lūstricī | lūstricae | lūstricī | lūstricōrum | lūstricārum | lūstricōrum | |
| dative | lūstricō | lūstricae | lūstricō | lūstricīs | |||
| accusative | lūstricum | lūstricam | lūstricum | lūstricōs | lūstricās | lūstrica | |
| ablative | lūstricō | lūstricā | lūstricō | lūstricīs | |||
| vocative | lūstrice | lūstrica | lūstricum | lūstricī | lūstricae | lūstrica | |
References
[edit]- “lustricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lustricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.