"arcticus" meaning in Latin

See arcticus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈark.tɪ.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈark.ti.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|ἀρκτικός||northern, of the (Great) Bear}} Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”) Head templates: {{la-adj|arcticus}} arcticus (feminine arctica, neuter arcticum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|arcticus}} Forms: arctica [feminine], arcticum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], arcticus [masculine, nominative, singular], arctica [feminine, nominative, singular], arcticum [neuter, nominative, singular], arcticī [masculine, nominative, plural], arcticae [feminine, nominative, plural], arctica [neuter, nominative, plural], arcticī [genitive, masculine, singular], arcticae [feminine, genitive, singular], arcticī [genitive, neuter, singular], arcticōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], arcticārum [feminine, genitive, plural], arcticōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], arcticō [dative, masculine, singular], arcticae [dative, feminine, singular], arcticō [dative, neuter, singular], arcticīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], arcticum [accusative, masculine, singular], arcticam [accusative, feminine, singular], arcticum [accusative, neuter, singular], arcticōs [accusative, masculine, plural], arcticās [accusative, feminine, plural], arctica [accusative, neuter, plural], arcticō [ablative, masculine, singular], arcticā [ablative, feminine, singular], arcticō [ablative, neuter, singular], arcticīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], arctice [masculine, singular, vocative], arctica [feminine, singular, vocative], arcticum [neuter, singular, vocative], arcticī [masculine, plural, vocative], arcticae [feminine, plural, vocative], arctica [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. northern, arctic Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: boreālis [Northern] Derived forms: Circulus Arcticus
    Sense id: en-arcticus-la-adj-N9P1fIyI Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "àrtic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "arctic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "Arctic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "arctique"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "ártico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "arktisch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "artico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "ártico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "arctic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "ártico"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀρκτικός",
        "4": "",
        "5": "northern, of the (Great) Bear"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arcticus"
      },
      "expansion": "arcticus (feminine arctica, neuter arcticum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arcticus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Circulus Arcticus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "northern, arctic"
      ],
      "id": "en-arcticus-la-adj-N9P1fIyI",
      "links": [
        [
          "northern",
          "northern"
        ],
        [
          "arctic",
          "arctic"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "boreālis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈark.tɪ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈark.ti.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arcticus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Circulus Arcticus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "àrtic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "arctic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "Arctic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "arctique"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "ártico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "arktisch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "artico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "ártico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "arctic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "ártico"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀρκτικός",
        "4": "",
        "5": "northern, of the (Great) Bear"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "arcticus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arcticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arctica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arcticus"
      },
      "expansion": "arcticus (feminine arctica, neuter arcticum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arcticus"
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      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "northern, arctic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "northern",
          "northern"
        ],
        [
          "arctic",
          "arctic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈark.tɪ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈark.ti.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "boreālis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arcticus"
}

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