Meaning of -icus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. of or pertaining to; belonging to; derived from; connected with: -ic, -ish
   declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
2. used to form nouns from verbs or nouns
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, noun, suffix
3. used to form some substantivized nouns from other nouns
   declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
4. used to form adjectives from verbs or nouns
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, noun, suffix

Equivalents

Examples

“cīvis (“citizen”) + -icus → cīvicus (“civic; pertaining to citizens”)”

“Gallus (“a Gaul; Gallic”) + -icus → gallicus (“of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; Gallic, Gaulish”)”

“bellum (“war”) + -icus → bellicus (“of war; military; warlike”)”

“taxus (“yew tree”) + -icus → taxicus (“of or derived from the yew tree”)”

“imber (“rain”) + -icus → imbricus (“rainy; rain-bringing”)”

“metallum (“metal”) + -icus → metallicus (“of metal; metallic”)”

“ūnus (“one”) + -icus → ūnicus (“single, unique”)”

“manus f (“hand”) + -ica → manica (“sleeve”)”

“lectus (“bed”) + -īca → lectīca (“litter”)”

“pudet (“to cause shame”) + -īcus → pudīcus (“chaste, pure”)”

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