persicus
Latin
Etymology
From Persae (“Persians”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈper.si.kus/, [ˈpɛrs̠ɪkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.si.kus/, [ˈpɛrsikus]
Adjective
persicus (feminine persica, neuter persicum); first/second-declension adjective
- Persian; of Persia
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | persicus | persica | persicum | persicī | persicae | persica | |
| Genitive | persicī | persicae | persicī | persicōrum | persicārum | persicōrum | |
| Dative | persicō | persicō | persicīs | ||||
| Accusative | persicum | persicam | persicum | persicōs | persicās | persica | |
| Ablative | persicō | persicā | persicō | persicīs | |||
| Vocative | persice | persica | persicum | persicī | persicae | persica | |
Noun
persicus f (genitive persicī); second declension
- a peach tree
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | persicus | persicī |
| Genitive | persicī | persicōrum |
| Dative | persicō | persicīs |
| Accusative | persicum | persicōs |
| Ablative | persicō | persicīs |
| Vocative | persice | persicī |
Descendants
- Aromanian: chearsic, hearhic
- French: persicot, persique
- Italian: persico, pesco
- Romanian: piersic
- Sardinian: péssiche, pénsiu, péssiu, préssiu
- Sicilian: pèrsicu
Related terms
- Persa
- Persae
- persica
- persicum
References
- “persicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- persicus 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)
- persicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette