posticum

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From postīcus (back, rear).

Noun[edit]

postīcum n (genitive postīcī); second declension

  1. back door
  2. outhouse

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative postīcum postīca
Genitive postīcī postīcōrum
Dative postīcō postīcīs
Accusative postīcum postīca
Ablative postīcō postīcīs
Vocative postīcum postīca

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: poxigo, pexigo, postigo, puxigo
  • Portuguese: postigo
  • Spanish: postigo (shutter)

Adjective[edit]

postīcum

  1. inflection of postīcus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References[edit]

  • posticum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • posticum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • posticum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • posticum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin