imbricus

Latin

Etymology

imber (“rain”) +‎ -icus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈim.bri.kus/, [ˈɪmbrɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈim.bri.kus/, [ˈimbrikus]

Adjective

imbricus (feminine imbrica, neuter imbricum); first/second-declension adjective

1. rainy, rain-bringing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	imbricus	imbrica	imbricum		imbricī	imbricae	imbrica
genitive	imbricī	imbricae	imbricī		imbricōrum	imbricārum	imbricōrum
dative	imbricō	imbricae	imbricō		imbricīs
accusative	imbricum	imbricam	imbricum		imbricōs	imbricās	imbrica
ablative	imbricō	imbricā	imbricō		imbricīs
vocative	imbrice	imbrica	imbricum		imbricī	imbricae	imbrica

Related terms

• imber

References

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