-aticus
Latin
editEtymology
editDerived from -ātus (“-ate”, “-like”) + -icus (derivational suffix), occurring in some original cases and later freely extended. Not to be confused with the ending -aticus (note the short /a/) found in various borrowings from Greek (cf. aenigmaticus, grammaticus).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈaː.ti.kus/, [ˈäːt̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ti.kus/, [ˈäːt̪ikus]
Suffix
edit-āticus (feminine -ātica, neuter -āticum); first/second-declension suffix
- Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to the root noun or actions related to it.
- umbra (“shadow”, “shade”) + -aticus → umbrāticus (“found in the shade”)
- via (“road”, “path”) + -aticus → viāticus (“related to a journey or travel”)
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | -āticus | -ātica | -āticum | -āticī | -āticae | -ātica | |
Genitive | -āticī | -āticae | -āticī | -āticōrum | -āticārum | -āticōrum | |
Dative | -āticō | -āticae | -āticō | -āticīs | |||
Accusative | -āticum | -āticam | -āticum | -āticōs | -āticās | -ātica | |
Ablative | -āticō | -āticā | -āticō | -āticīs | |||
Vocative | -ātice | -ātica | -āticum | -āticī | -āticae | -ātica |