reciprocus
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from a phrase such as *reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈki.pro.kus/, [rɛˈkɪ.prɔ.kʊs]
Adjective
reciprocus (feminine reciproca, neuter reciprocum); first/second declension
- back and forth
- alternating
- reciprocal
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | reciprocus | reciproca | reciprocum | reciprocī | reciprocae | reciproca | |
| Genitive | reciprocī | reciprocae | reciprocī | reciprocōrum | reciprocārum | reciprocōrum | |
| Dative | reciprocō | reciprocae | reciprocō | reciprocīs | reciprocīs | reciprocīs | |
| Accusative | reciprocum | reciprocam | reciprocum | reciprocōs | reciprocās | reciproca | |
| Ablative | reciprocō | reciprocā | reciprocō | reciprocīs | reciprocīs | reciprocīs | |
| Vocative | reciproce | reciproca | reciprocum | reciprocī | reciprocae | reciproca | |
Descendants
- Catalan: recíproc
- Portuguese: recíproco
- Spanish: recíproco
References
- reciprocus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- reciprocus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- reciprocus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 516