benedicus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bene (“well”) + -dicus (“-saying”); compare benedīcō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /beˈne.di.kus/, [bɛˈnɛd̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /beˈne.di.kus/, [beˈnɛːd̪ikus]
Adjective[edit]
benedicus (feminine benedica, neuter benedicum, comparative benedīcentior, superlative benedīcentissimus); first/second-declension adjective[1]
- beneficent
- friendly, kind
- speaking friendly words
Antonym: maledicus
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | benedicus | benedica | benedicum | benedicī | benedicae | benedica | |
| Genitive | benedicī | benedicae | benedicī | benedicōrum | benedicārum | benedicōrum | |
| Dative | benedicō | benedicō | benedicīs | ||||
| Accusative | benedicum | benedicam | benedicum | benedicōs | benedicās | benedica | |
| Ablative | benedicō | benedicā | benedicō | benedicīs | |||
| Vocative | benedice | benedica | benedicum | benedicī | benedicae | benedica | |
References[edit]
- benedicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- benedicus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)