septicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseːp.ti.kus/, [ˈs̠eːpt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsep.ti.kus/, [ˈsɛpt̪ikus]

Adjective

sēpticus (feminine sēptica, neuter sēpticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. septic
2. putrefying

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sēpticus	sēptica	sēpticum		sēpticī	sēpticae	sēptica
genitive	sēpticī	sēpticae	sēpticī		sēpticōrum	sēpticārum	sēpticōrum
dative	sēpticō	sēpticae	sēpticō		sēpticīs
accusative	sēpticum	sēpticam	sēpticum		sēpticōs	sēpticās	sēptica
ablative	sēpticō	sēpticā	sēpticō		sēpticīs
vocative	sēptice	sēptica	sēpticum		sēpticī	sēpticae	sēptica

Descendants

• → Catalan: sèptic
• → French: septique
• → Italian: settico
• → Portuguese: séptico
• → Romanian: septic
• → Spanish: séptico

References

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