Persicus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/)bor.

Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek Περσικός (Persikós)

Latin Persicus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσικός (Persikós), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs, “Persian man”, noun) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, adjective-forming suffix).

By surface analysis, Persēs/Persa +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.sɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.si.kus]

Adjective

Persicus (feminine Persica, neuter Persicum, adverb Persicē); first/second-declension adjective

1. Persian; of Persia

   Synonym: Persiānus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Persicus	Persica	Persicum		Persicī	Persicae	Persica
genitive	Persicī	Persicae	Persicī		Persicōrum	Persicārum	Persicōrum
dative	Persicō	Persicae	Persicō		Persicīs
accusative	Persicum	Persicam	Persicum		Persicōs	Persicās	Persica
ablative	Persicō	Persicā	Persicō		Persicīs
vocative	Persice	Persica	Persicum		Persicī	Persicae	Persica

Derived terms

• persica (“walnut”) (Medieval Latin)
• persicum (“peach (fruit)”)
• persicus (“peach tree”)

Related terms

• Persēs, Persa
• Persia
• Persiānus
• Persis

Descendants

• Catalan: pèrsic
• → English: Persic
• French: persique
• Italian: persico
• Occitan: persic
• Portuguese: pérsico
• Sicilian: pèrsicu
• Spanish: pérsico

References

• “Persicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "Persicus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “Persicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.