metallicus

Latin

Etymology

From metallum (“metal”) +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /meˈtal.li.kus/, [mɛˈt̪älːʲɪkʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈtal.li.kus/, [meˈt̪älːikus]

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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative metallicus metallica metallicum metallicī metallicae metallica
Genitive metallicī metallicae metallicī metallicōrum metallicārum metallicōrum
Dative metallicō 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.

Case 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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