haereticus

haereticus

Latin

Alternative forms

• hēreticus, hoereticus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἱρετῐκός (hairetikós, “able to choose”), from αἱρέω (hairéō, “I choose, select”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hae̯ˈre.ti.kus/, [häe̯ˈrɛt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈre.ti.kus/, [eˈrɛːt̪ikus]

Adjective

haereticus (feminine haeretica, neuter haereticum, adverb haereticē); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) heretical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	haereticus	haeretica	haereticum		haereticī	haereticae	haeretica
Genitive	haereticī	haereticae	haereticī		haereticōrum	haereticārum	haereticōrum
Dative	haereticō		haereticō		haereticīs
Accusative	haereticum	haereticam	haereticum		haereticōs	haereticās	haeretica
Ablative	haereticō	haereticā	haereticō		haereticīs
Vocative	haeretice	haeretica	haereticum		haereticī	haereticae	haeretica

Derived terms

• haereticismus
• haereticō
• haereticomastix
• haereticor
• haereticulus

 

Noun

haereticus m (genitive haereticī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) heretic

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	haereticus	haereticī
Genitive	haereticī	haereticōrum
Dative	haereticō	haereticīs
Accusative	haereticum	haereticōs
Ablative	haereticō	haereticīs
Vocative	haeretice	haereticī

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Old Italian: retico
    • Italian: eretico
    • →⇒ Dalmatian: reticuot
  • Sicilian: rèticu
• Padanian:
  • Old Ligurian: erexi (plural)
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: erejo
  • Old French: erege
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: heretge
  • Old Occitan: eretje, yzege, hiregge
    • Occitan: erètge
  • → Portuguese: herege
  • → Spanish: hereje
• Borrowings:
  • → Occitan: eretic
  • → Old French: eretique
    • French: hérétique
    • → Middle English: heretic
      • English: heretic
  • → Portuguese: herético
  • → Spanish: herético

References

• “haereticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• haereticus 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)
• haereticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• haereticus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “haerētĭcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 374