mechanicus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós). By surface analysis, machina + -icus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [meːˈkʰa.nɪ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [meˈkaː.ni.kus]
Noun
mēchanicus m (genitive mēchanicī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mēchanicus | mēchanicī |
| genitive | mēchanicī | mēchanicōrum |
| dative | mēchanicō | mēchanicīs |
| accusative | mēchanicum | mēchanicōs |
| ablative | mēchanicō | mēchanicīs |
| vocative | mēchanice | mēchanicī |
Adjective
mēchanicus (feminine mēchanica, neuter mēchanicum); first/second-declension adjective
- mechanical
- (relational) engineering
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | mēchanicus | mēchanica | mēchanicum | mēchanicī | mēchanicae | mēchanica | |
| genitive | mēchanicī | mēchanicae | mēchanicī | mēchanicōrum | mēchanicārum | mēchanicōrum | |
| dative | mēchanicō | mēchanicae | mēchanicō | mēchanicīs | |||
| accusative | mēchanicum | mēchanicam | mēchanicum | mēchanicōs | mēchanicās | mēchanica | |
| ablative | mēchanicō | mēchanicā | mēchanicō | mēchanicīs | |||
| vocative | mēchanice | mēchanica | mēchanicum | mēchanicī | mēchanicae | mēchanica | |
References
- “mechanicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "mechanicus", 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)
- mechanicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.