classicus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin classicus. Equivalent to klassiek +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɑ.si.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: clas‧si‧cus

Noun

classicus m (plural classici, no diminutive, female equivalent classica)

1. classicist

Coordinate terms

• oudhistoricus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *klāssis

Latin classis

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin classicus

From classis + -icus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

classicus (feminine classica, neuter classicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. pertaining to the fleet (naval forces)
2. synonym of patricius: pertaining to the highest class of citizen

   Antonym: proletarius

   • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae xix.8.15:

     Ite ergo nunc et, quando forte erit otium, quaerite, an "quadrigam" et "harenas" dixerit e cohorte illa dumtaxat antiquiore vel oratorum aliquis vel poetarum, id est classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius.

     So go now and inquire, when you chance to have leisure, whether any orator or poet, provided he be of that earlier band—that is to say, any classical or authoritative writer, not one of the common herd—has used "quadriga" or "harenae".

3. (New Latin) classic, representative or exemplary of a class of things

   locus classicus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	classicus	classica	classicum		classicī	classicae	classica
genitive	classicī	classicae	classicī		classicōrum	classicārum	classicōrum
dative	classicō	classicae	classicō		classicīs
accusative	classicum	classicam	classicum		classicōs	classicās	classica
ablative	classicō	classicā	classicō		classicīs
vocative	classice	classica	classicum		classicī	classicae	classica

Derived terms

• classicum

Descendants

• → Catalan: clàssic
• → French: classique
• → Galician: clásico
• → German: klassisch
• → Italian: classico
• → Portuguese: clássico
• → Spanish: clásico

References

• “classicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “classicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "classicus", 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)
• “classicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the bugle, trumpet sounds before the general's tent: classicum or tuba canit ad praetorium
    
  • (ambiguous) the trumpet sounds for the attack: classicum canit (B. C. 3. 82)
    
• “classicus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers