posticus

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

    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.
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