-aticus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from -ātus (“-ate”, “-like”) + -icus (derivational suffix), occurring in some original cases and later freely extended. Not to be confused with the ending -aticus (note the short /a/) found in various borrowings from Greek (cf. aenigmaticus, grammaticus).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈaː.ti.kus/, [ˈäːt̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ti.kus/, [ˈäːt̪ikus]
Suffix
[edit]-āticus (feminine -ātica, neuter -āticum); first/second-declension suffix
- Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to the root noun or actions related to it.
- umbra (“shadow”, “shade”) + -aticus → umbrāticus (“found in the shade”)
- via (“road”, “path”) + -aticus → viāticus (“related to a journey or travel”)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | -āticus | -ātica | -āticum | -āticī | -āticae | -ātica | |
genitive | -āticī | -āticae | -āticī | -āticōrum | -āticārum | -āticōrum | |
dative | -āticō | -āticae | -āticō | -āticīs | |||
accusative | -āticum | -āticam | -āticum | -āticōs | -āticās | -ātica | |
ablative | -āticō | -āticā | -āticō | -āticīs | |||
vocative | -ātice | -ātica | -āticum | -āticī | -āticae | -ātica |