metallicus

Latin

Etymology

From metallum (“metal”) +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

metallicus (feminine metallica, neuter metallicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. yielding or abounding in metal
  2. (post-Augustan) metallic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative metallicus metallica metallicum metallicī metallicae metallica
genitive metallicī metallicae metallicī metallicōrum metallicārum metallicōrum
dative metallicō metallicae metallicō metallicīs
accusative metallicum metallicam metallicum metallicōs metallicās metallica
ablative metallicō metallicā metallicō metallicīs
vocative metallice metallica metallicum metallicī metallicae metallica

Descendants

Noun

metallicus m (genitive metallicī); second declension

  1. miner; a digger of metals
    Synonym: metallārius
  2. person condemned to the mines
  3. worker in stone

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative metallicus metallicī
genitive metallicī metallicōrum
dative metallicō metallicīs
accusative metallicum metallicōs
ablative metallicō metallicīs
vocative metallice metallicī

References

  • “metallicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • metallicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • metallicus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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