opicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀπικός (Opikós, “Oscan; barbarous”), from Ὀπῐκοί (Opikoí, “the Oscans”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pi.kus/, [ˈɔpɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pi.kus/, [ˈɔːpikus]

Adjective

opicus (feminine opica, neuter opicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (derogatory) stupid, ignorant, barbarous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	opicus	opica	opicum		opicī	opicae	opica
genitive	opicī	opicae	opicī		opicōrum	opicārum	opicōrum
dative	opicō	opicae	opicō		opicīs
accusative	opicum	opicam	opicum		opicōs	opicās	opica
ablative	opicō	opicā	opicō		opicīs
vocative	opice	opica	opicum		opicī	opicae	opica

References

• “opicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “opicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.