genticus
Latin
Etymology
From gēns (“clan, tribe”) + -icus (“-ic”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡen.ti.kus/, [ˈɡɛn̪t̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒen.ti.kus/, [ˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪ikus]
Adjective
genticus (feminine gentica, neuter genticum); first/second-declension adjective
- of, belonging to, or derived from a gens/clan/lineage/family; familial, lineal
- of, belonging to, or derived from a tribe; tribal
- Tacitus, Annales, Liber III: Ab Excessu Divi Augusti, 43
- Adduntur e servitiis gladiaturae destinati, quibus more gentico continuum ferri tegimen: cruppellarios vocant, inferendis ictibus inhabilis, accipiendis impenetrabilis.
- To these he added a contingent of slaves, destined for the gladiatorial ring and, the custom with the tribe, encased in the continuous shell of iron: the so-called “cruppellarians”, who, if too weighty to inflict wounds, are impregnably fortified against receiving them.
- Adduntur e servitiis gladiaturae destinati, quibus more gentico continuum ferri tegimen: cruppellarios vocant, inferendis ictibus inhabilis, accipiendis impenetrabilis.
- Tacitus, Annales, Liber III: Ab Excessu Divi Augusti, 43
- of, belonging to, or derived from a nation; national
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | genticus | gentica | genticum | genticī | genticae | gentica | |
| Genitive | genticī | genticae | genticī | genticōrum | genticārum | genticōrum | |
| Dative | genticō | genticō | genticīs | ||||
| Accusative | genticum | genticam | genticum | genticōs | genticās | gentica | |
| Ablative | genticō | genticā | genticō | genticīs | |||
| Vocative | gentice | gentica | genticum | genticī | genticae | gentica | |
Related terms
- gēns
- gentīlis
- gentīlicius
- genetīvus
References
- “genticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “genticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- genticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- genticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016