delicus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.li.kus/, [ˈd̪eːlʲɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.li.kus/, [ˈd̪ɛːlikus]

Adjective

dēlicus (feminine dēlica, neuter dēlicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. weaned (especially of sows)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēlicus	dēlica	dēlicum		dēlicī	dēlicae	dēlica
Genitive	dēlicī	dēlicae	dēlicī		dēlicōrum	dēlicārum	dēlicōrum
Dative	dēlicō		dēlicō		dēlicīs
Accusative	dēlicum	dēlicam	dēlicum		dēlicōs	dēlicās	dēlica
Ablative	dēlicō	dēlicā	dēlicō		dēlicīs
Vocative	dēlice	dēlica	dēlicum		dēlicī	dēlicae	dēlica

References

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