ethnicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈetʰ.ni.kus/, [ˈɛt̪ʰnɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈet.ni.kus/, [ˈɛt̪nikus]

Adjective

ethnicus (feminine ethnica, neuter ethnicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (especially Christianity) heathen
2. pagan

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ethnicus	ethnica	ethnicum		ethnicī	ethnicae	ethnica
genitive	ethnicī	ethnicae	ethnicī		ethnicōrum	ethnicārum	ethnicōrum
dative	ethnicō	ethnicae	ethnicō		ethnicīs
accusative	ethnicum	ethnicam	ethnicum		ethnicōs	ethnicās	ethnica
ablative	ethnicō	ethnicā	ethnicō		ethnicīs
vocative	ethnice	ethnica	ethnicum		ethnicī	ethnicae	ethnica

Synonyms

• laïcus

References

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