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criticus
criticus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krínō, “I judge”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkri.ti.kus/
Adjective
criticus m (feminine critica, neuter criticum); first/second declension
Usage notes
Classical usage of the adjective criticus is almost entirely limited to medical texts.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | criticus | critica | criticum | criticī | criticae | critica | |
| genitive | criticī | criticae | criticī | criticōrum | criticārum | criticōrum | |
| dative | criticō | criticō | criticīs | ||||
| accusative | criticum | criticam | criticum | criticōs | criticās | critica | |
| ablative | criticō | criticā | criticō | criticīs | |||
| vocative | critice | critica | criticum | criticī | criticae | critica | |
Descendants
Noun
criticus m (genitive criticī); second declension
- a critic
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | criticus | criticī |
| genitive | criticī | criticōrum |
| dative | criticō | criticīs |
| accusative | criticum | criticōs |
| ablative | criticō | criticīs |
| vocative | critice | criticī |
Descendants
- Russian: кри́тик (krítik)
References
- criticus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- criticus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “criticus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.