fundicus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel, inn, manor”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon, “inn”), from πᾰν- (pan-, “all, every”) + the combining form of δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to receive”) + -εῖον (-eîon, “-ium: forming building names”). Compare Italian fondaco.
Noun
[edit]fundicus m (genitive fundicī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) A warehouse.
- (Medieval Latin) A trading factory; a trading post, a colony.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.