indicus

indicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰνδικός (indikós), from Ἰνδία (Indía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.kus/, [ˈɪn̪d̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.kus/, [ˈin̪d̪ikus]

Adjective

indicus (feminine indica, neuter indicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Indian, Indic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	indicus	indica	indicum		indicī	indicae	indica
Genitive	indicī	indicae	indicī		indicōrum	indicārum	indicōrum
Dative	indicō		indicō		indicīs
Accusative	indicum	indicam	indicum		indicōs	indicās	indica
Ablative	indicō	indicā	indicō		indicīs
Vocative	indice	indica	indicum		indicī	indicae	indica

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic:
  • Romagnol: índac (“indigo”)
• Italian: indaco (“indigo”)
• → Polish: indyk (“turkey”)
• → Portuguese: índigo (“indigo”)
• → Russian: индюк (indjuk, “turkey”)
• → Spanish: índigo (“indigo”)

References

• indicus 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)