asticus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀστικός (astikós, “of a city (ἄστυ)”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈas.ti.kus/, [ˈäs̠t̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈas.ti.kus/, [ˈäst̪ikus]
Adjective
asticus (feminine astica, neuter asticum); first/second-declension adjective
- urban
- 121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Gai.20:
- Edidit et peregre spectacula, in Sicilia Syracusis asticos ludos et in Gallia Luguduni miscellos.
- He gave also games abroad, in Sicily at Syracuse urban games and in Gaul at Lugdunum mixed games.
- Edidit et peregre spectacula, in Sicilia Syracusis asticos ludos et in Gallia Luguduni miscellos.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | asticus | astica | asticum | asticī | asticae | astica | |
| Genitive | asticī | asticae | asticī | asticōrum | asticārum | asticōrum | |
| Dative | asticō | asticō | asticīs | ||||
| Accusative | asticum | asticam | asticum | asticōs | asticās | astica | |
| Ablative | asticō | asticā | asticō | asticīs | |||
| Vocative | astice | astica | asticum | asticī | asticae | astica | |
References
- “asticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- asticus 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)
- asticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette