posticus
Latin
Etymology
From post (“after”) + -īcus, compare antīcus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /posˈtiː.kus/, [pɔsˈtiː.kʊs]
Adjective
postīcus (feminine postīca, neuter postīcum); first/second declension
- back, rear, posterior
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | postīcus | postīca | postīcum | postīcī | postīcae | postīca | |
Genitive | postīcī | postīcae | postīcī | postīcōrum | postīcārum | postīcōrum | |
Dative | postīcō | postīcae | postīcō | postīcīs | postīcīs | postīcīs | |
Accusative | postīcum | postīcam | postīcum | postīcōs | postīcās | postīca | |
Ablative | postīcō | postīcā | postīcō | postīcīs | postīcīs | postīcīs | |
Vocative | postīce | postīca | postīcum | postīcī | postīcae | postīca |
Antonyms
- (back, rear): antīcus
Descendants
- English: postical
- Portuguese: postigo
References
- posticus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- posticus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- posticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette