posticus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pós

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *pósti

Proto-Italic *posti

Old Latin poste

Latin post

Proto-Indo-European *-kosder.

Latin -īcus

Latin postīcus

From post (“after”) + -īcus.

Compare antīcus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔsˈtiː.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [posˈtiː.kus]

Adjective

postīcus (feminine postīca, neuter postīcum); first/second-declension adjective

1. back, rear, posterior

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	postīcus	postīca	postīcum		postīcī	postīcae	postīca
genitive	postīcī	postīcae	postīcī		postīcōrum	postīcārum	postīcōrum
dative	postīcō	postīcae	postīcō		postīcīs
accusative	postīcum	postīcam	postīcum		postīcōs	postīcās	postīca
ablative	postīcō	postīcā	postīcō		postīcīs
vocative	postīce	postīca	postīcum		postīcī	postīcae	postīca

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “back, rear”): antīcus

Descendants

• → English: postical
• Italian: postico
• Portuguese: postigo
• Spanish: postigo (“shutter”)

References

• “posticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “posticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “posticus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.