addictus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of addīcō (“assign, hand over”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /adˈdik.tus/, [äd̪ˈd̪ɪkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /adˈdik.tus/, [äd̪ˈd̪ikt̪us]

Participle

addictus (feminine addicta, neuter addictum, superlative addictissimus); first/second-declension participle

1. assigned, dedicated having been assigned.
2. handed over, having been handed over.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	addictus	addicta	addictum		addictī	addictae	addicta
Genitive	addictī	addictae	addictī		addictōrum	addictārum	addictōrum
Dative	addictō		addictō		addictīs
Accusative	addictum	addictam	addictum		addictōs	addictās	addicta
Ablative	addictō	addictā	addictō		addictīs
Vocative	addicte	addicta	addictum		addictī	addictae	addicta

Derived terms

• addictiō

Descendants

• Catalan: addicte
• → English: addict
  • → Cebuano: adik
  • → Tagalog: adik
• French: addict
• Italian: addetto
• Portuguese: adicto
• Spanish: adicto

Noun

addictus m (genitive addictī); second declension

1. A debt slave; a person who has been bound as a slave to his creditor.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	addictus	addictī
Genitive	addictī	addictōrum
Dative	addictō	addictīs
Accusative	addictum	addictōs
Ablative	addictō	addictīs
Vocative	addicte	addictī

References

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