histrionicus

See also: Histrionicus

Latin

Etymology

From histriō (“actor”) +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /his.triˈoː.ni.kus/, [hɪs̠t̪riˈoːnɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /is.triˈo.ni.kus/, [ist̪riˈɔːnikus]

Adjective

histriōnicus (feminine histriōnica, neuter histriōnicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. histrionic (pertaining to actors or acting)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	histriōnicus	histriōnica	histriōnicum		histriōnicī	histriōnicae	histriōnica
genitive	histriōnicī	histriōnicae	histriōnicī		histriōnicōrum	histriōnicārum	histriōnicōrum
dative	histriōnicō	histriōnicae	histriōnicō		histriōnicīs
accusative	histriōnicum	histriōnicam	histriōnicum		histriōnicōs	histriōnicās	histriōnica
ablative	histriōnicō	histriōnicā	histriōnicō		histriōnicīs
vocative	histriōnice	histriōnica	histriōnicum		histriōnicī	histriōnicae	histriōnica

Synonyms

• (pertaining to actors): histriōnālis

Related terms

• histriō

Descendants

• Catalan: histriònic
• → English: histrionic
• French: histrionique
• Galician: histriónico
• Italian: istrionico
• Portuguese: histriónico, histriônico
• Spanish: histriónico

References

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