Alcaicus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λκή (ălkḗ)

Ancient Greek -α- (-a-)

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)

Ancient Greek -αῖος (-aîos)

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λκαῖος (Ălkaîos)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek Ἀλκαϊκός (Alkaïkós)bor.

Latin Alcaicus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλκαϊκός (Alkaïkós). By surface analysis, Alcaeus + -icus.

Adjective

Alcaicus (feminine Alcaica, neuter Alcaicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alcaic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Alcaicus	Alcaica	Alcaicum		Alcaicī	Alcaicae	Alcaica
genitive	Alcaicī	Alcaicae	Alcaicī		Alcaicōrum	Alcaicārum	Alcaicōrum
dative	Alcaicō	Alcaicae	Alcaicō		Alcaicīs
accusative	Alcaicum	Alcaicam	Alcaicum		Alcaicōs	Alcaicās	Alcaica
ablative	Alcaicō	Alcaicā	Alcaicō		Alcaicīs
vocative	Alcaice	Alcaica	Alcaicum		Alcaicī	Alcaicae	Alcaica

Descendants

• English: Alcaic
• French: alcaïque
• Italian: alcaico

Further reading

• “Alcaicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.