taxicus

Latin

Etymology

From taxus (“yew tree”) +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.si.kus/, [ˈt̪äks̠ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.si.kus/, [ˈt̪äksikus]

Adjective

taxicus (feminine taxica, neuter taxicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or derived from the yew tree.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	taxicus	taxica	taxicum		taxicī	taxicae	taxica
genitive	taxicī	taxicae	taxicī		taxicōrum	taxicārum	taxicōrum
dative	taxicō	taxicae	taxicō		taxicīs
accusative	taxicum	taxicam	taxicum		taxicōs	taxicās	taxica
ablative	taxicō	taxicā	taxicō		taxicīs
vocative	taxice	taxica	taxicum		taxicī	taxicae	taxica

Synonyms

• (of the yew tree): taxeus

Related terms

• taxeus
• taxus

References

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