cinaedicus

Latin

Etymology

From cinaedus (“catamite”), from Ancient Greek κίναιδος (kínaidos, “catamite”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈnae̯.di.kus/, [kɪˈnäe̯d̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈne.di.kus/, [t͡ʃiˈnɛːd̪ikus]

Adjective

cinaedicus (feminine cinaedica, neuter cinaedicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to one who is unchaste; immodest, wanton, lewd.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cinaedicus	cinaedica	cinaedicum		cinaedicī	cinaedicae	cinaedica
genitive	cinaedicī	cinaedicae	cinaedicī		cinaedicōrum	cinaedicārum	cinaedicōrum
dative	cinaedicō	cinaedicae	cinaedicō		cinaedicīs
accusative	cinaedicum	cinaedicam	cinaedicum		cinaedicōs	cinaedicās	cinaedica
ablative	cinaedicō	cinaedicā	cinaedicō		cinaedicīs
vocative	cinaedice	cinaedica	cinaedicum		cinaedicī	cinaedicae	cinaedica

Synonyms

• (unchaste): adulter, adulterīnus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus, incestus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “unchaste”): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus

Related terms

• cinaedulus
• cinaedus

References

• “cinaedicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cinaedicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.