apostolicus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.posˈto.li.kus/, [äpɔs̠ˈt̪ɔlʲɪkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.posˈto.li.kus/, [äposˈt̪ɔːlikus]
Adjective
apostolicus (feminine apostolica, neuter apostolicum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to an apostle; apostolic.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | apostolicus | apostolica | apostolicum | apostolicī | apostolicae | apostolica | |
| Genitive | apostolicī | apostolicae | apostolicī | apostolicōrum | apostolicārum | apostolicōrum | |
| Dative | apostolicō | apostolicō | apostolicīs | ||||
| Accusative | apostolicum | apostolicam | apostolicum | apostolicōs | apostolicās | apostolica | |
| Ablative | apostolicō | apostolicā | apostolicō | apostolicīs | |||
| Vocative | apostolice | apostolica | apostolicum | apostolicī | apostolicae | apostolica | |
Descendants
- Catalan: apostòlic
- English: apostolic
- French: apostolique
- Galician: apostólico
- Italian: apostolico
- Norman: apostolique (Jersey)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: apostolisk
- Portuguese: apostólico
- Romanian: apostolic
- Spanish: apostólico
Noun
apostolicus m (genitive apostolicī); second declension
- apostle
- (Medieval Latin) bishop, (specifically) the pope
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | apostolicus | apostolicī |
| Genitive | apostolicī | apostolicōrum |
| Dative | apostolicō | apostolicīs |
| Accusative | apostolicum | apostolicōs |
| Ablative | apostolicō | apostolicīs |
| Vocative | apostolice | apostolicī |
References
- “apostolicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- apostolicus 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)
- apostolicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- apostolicus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “apostolicus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill