lustricus

Latin

Etymology

From lūstrum (“purificatory sacrifice”) +‎ -icus (“pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluːs.tri.kus/, [ˈɫ̪uːs̠t̪rɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlus.tri.kus/, [ˈlust̪rikus]

Adjective

lūstricus (feminine lūstrica, neuter lūstricum); first/second-declension adjective

1. belonging to a lūstrum, purificatory

Usage notes

Used in the phrase diēs lūstricus referring to the day on which a newborn was purified by a sacrifice and received a name (eighth for girls, ninth for boys).

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lūstricus	lūstrica	lūstricum		lūstricī	lūstricae	lūstrica
genitive	lūstricī	lūstricae	lūstricī		lūstricōrum	lūstricārum	lūstricōrum
dative	lūstricō	lūstricae	lūstricō		lūstricīs
accusative	lūstricum	lūstricam	lūstricum		lūstricōs	lūstricās	lūstrica
ablative	lūstricō	lūstricā	lūstricō		lūstricīs
vocative	lūstrice	lūstrica	lūstricum		lūstricī	lūstricae	lūstrica

References

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