corticeus

Latin

Etymology

cortex, cortic- (“bark, cork”) +‎ -eus

Adjective

corticeus (feminine corticea, neuter corticeum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of bark or cork; made from bark

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	corticeus	corticea	corticeum		corticeī	corticeae	corticea
Genitive	corticeī	corticeae	corticeī		corticeōrum	corticeārum	corticeōrum
Dative	corticeō		corticeō		corticeīs
Accusative	corticeum	corticeam	corticeum		corticeōs	corticeās	corticea
Ablative	corticeō	corticeā	corticeō		corticeīs
Vocative	corticee	corticea	corticeum		corticeī	corticeae	corticea

Descendants

• Asturian: corteza
• Galician: cortiza, cortizo
• Italian: corteccia
• Portuguese: cortiça, cortiço, cortíceo
• Spanish: corteza, cortezo

References

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