laicus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek λᾱῐ̈κός (lāĭ̈kós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫaː.ɪ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlaː.i.kus]
Adjective
[edit]lāicus (feminine lāica, neuter lāicum); first/second-declension adjective
- lay (of the laity)
- unconsecrated
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | lāicus | lāica | lāicum | lāicī | lāicae | lāica | |
| genitive | lāicī | lāicae | lāicī | lāicōrum | lāicārum | lāicōrum | |
| dative | lāicō | lāicae | lāicō | lāicīs | |||
| accusative | lāicum | lāicam | lāicum | lāicōs | lāicās | lāica | |
| ablative | lāicō | lāicā | lāicō | lāicīs | |||
| vocative | lāice | lāica | lāicum | lāicī | lāicae | lāica | |
Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: llec, → laic
- → Dutch: leek
- → French: laïc, laïque
- Galician: leigo, → laico
- → Hungarian: laikus
- → Irish: láech
- Gallo-Italic:
- Old Italian: ladico
- >? Italian: laico
- Old French: lai
- →⇒ Old High German: leigo (“layman”, noun)
- Portuguese: leigo, → laico
- Provençal: laic
- Old Spanish: lego
- Spanish: lego
- → Romanian: laic
- → Sicilian: laicu
- → Spanish: laico
References
[edit]- “laicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "laicus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “laicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.