apricus

Latin

FWOTD – 7 June 2018

Etymology

From earlier *aperīcus, from aperiō (“to open, uncover”) +‎ -cus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈpriː.kus/, [äˈpriːkʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpri.kus/, [äˈpriːkus]

Adjective

aprīcus (feminine aprīca, neuter aprīcum, comparative aprīcior, superlative aprīcissimus); first/second-declension adjective

sunny, having lots of sunshine, warmed by the sun
(Medieval Latin) delectable, delightful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	aprīcus	aprīca	aprīcum	aprīcī	aprīcae	aprīca
Genitive	aprīcī	aprīcae	aprīcī	aprīcōrum	aprīcārum	aprīcōrum
Dative	aprīcō	aprīcae	aprīcō	aprīcīs
Accusative	aprīcum	aprīcam	aprīcum	aprīcōs	aprīcās	aprīca
Ablative	aprīcō	aprīcā	aprīcō	aprīcīs
Vocative	aprīce	aprīca	aprīcum	aprīcī	aprīcae	aprīca

Derived terms

aprīcō
aprīcor
āprīcitas
āprīcātiō

Descendants

Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: aprig
Old French: abrier
- French: abrier
- ⇒ Old French: abri
  - Middle French: abri
    - French: abri
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: abrigar, abrigu
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: abrigar
- Occitan: abrigar
- ⇒ Old Occitan:
  - Catalan: abric
  - Occitan: abric
Old Portuguese: abrigar
- Galician: abrigar, abrigo
- Portuguese: abrigar
- ⇒ Old Portuguese: abrigo
  - Galician: abrigo
  - Portuguese: abrigo
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: abrigar
- ⇒ Old Spanish: abrigo
  - Spanish: abrigo
→ English: apricate
→ Italian: aprico
→ Portuguese: aprico

References

“apricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“apricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
apricus 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)
apricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette