"posticus" meaning in Latin

See posticus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [pɔsˈtiː.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [posˈtiː.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post Proto-Indo-European *-kosder. Latin -īcus Latin postīcus From post (“after”) + -īcus. Compare antīcus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|post<t:after>|-īcus<id:long>|text=+|title=postīcus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post Proto-Indo-European *-kosder. Latin -īcus Latin postīcus From post (“after”) + -īcus. Head templates: {{la-adj|postīcus}} postīcus (feminine postīca, neuter postīcum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|postīcus}} Forms: postīcus [canonical], postīca [feminine], postīcum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], postīcus [masculine, nominative, singular], postīca [feminine, nominative, singular], postīcum [neuter, nominative, singular], postīcī [masculine, nominative, plural], postīcae [feminine, nominative, plural], postīca [neuter, nominative, plural], postīcī [genitive, masculine, singular], postīcae [feminine, genitive, singular], postīcī [genitive, neuter, singular], postīcōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], postīcārum [feminine, genitive, plural], postīcōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], postīcō [dative, masculine, singular], postīcae [dative, feminine, singular], postīcō [dative, neuter, singular], postīcīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], postīcum [accusative, masculine, singular], postīcam [accusative, feminine, singular], postīcum [accusative, neuter, singular], postīcōs [accusative, masculine, plural], postīcās [accusative, feminine, plural], postīca [accusative, neuter, plural], postīcō [ablative, masculine, singular], postīcā [ablative, feminine, singular], postīcō [ablative, neuter, singular], postīcīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], postīce [masculine, singular, vocative], postīca [feminine, singular, vocative], postīcum [neuter, singular, vocative], postīcī [masculine, plural, vocative], postīcae [feminine, plural, vocative], postīca [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. back, rear, posterior Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-posticus-la-adj-WgIczVl7 Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -icus (long), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees
     
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “back, rear”",
      "word": "antīcus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "postical"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "postico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "postigo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "shutter",
      "word": "postigo"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": ":af",
        "3": "post<t:after>",
        "4": "-īcus<id:long>",
        "text": "+",
        "title": "postīcus",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *pós\nProto-Indo-European *-ti\nProto-Indo-European *pósti\nProto-Italic *posti\nOld Latin poste\nLatin post\nProto-Indo-European *-kosder.\nLatin -īcus\nLatin postīcus\nFrom post (“after”) + -īcus.",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *pós\nProto-Indo-European *-ti\nProto-Indo-European *pósti\nProto-Italic *posti\nOld Latin poste\nLatin post\nProto-Indo-European *-kosder.\nLatin -īcus\nLatin postīcus\nFrom post (“after”) + -īcus.\nCompare antīcus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "postīcus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīca",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "postīcī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "postīcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "postīcī",
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "postīcōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "form": "postīce",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "postīca",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "postīcus"
      },
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      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "postīcus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
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      "glosses": [
        "back, rear, posterior"
      ],
      "id": "en-posticus-la-adj-WgIczVl7",
      "links": [
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ],
        [
          "rear",
          "rear"
        ],
        [
          "posterior",
          "posterior"
        ]
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      "ipa": "[pɔsˈtiː.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[posˈtiː.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}

{
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “back, rear”",
      "word": "antīcus"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "postical"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "postico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "postigo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "shutter",
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    }
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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *pós\nProto-Indo-European *-ti\nProto-Indo-European *pósti\nProto-Italic *posti\nOld Latin poste\nLatin post\nProto-Indo-European *-kosder.\nLatin -īcus\nLatin postīcus\nFrom post (“after”) + -īcus.",
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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *pós\nProto-Indo-European *-ti\nProto-Indo-European *pósti\nProto-Italic *posti\nOld Latin poste\nLatin post\nProto-Indo-European *-kosder.\nLatin -īcus\nLatin postīcus\nFrom post (“after”) + -īcus.\nCompare antīcus.",
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "postīcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "postīcī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "postīcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "postīcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "postīcum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīcum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "postīcō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "postīce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīca",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "postīcum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "singular",
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      "form": "postīcī",
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        "masculine",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "postīcae",
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "postīca",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "args": {
        "1": "postīcus"
      },
      "expansion": "postīcus (feminine postīca, neuter postīcum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
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        "1": "postīcus"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with etymology texts",
        "Latin entries with etymology trees",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
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        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Pages with etymology trees"
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      "glosses": [
        "back, rear, posterior"
      ],
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        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ],
        [
          "rear",
          "rear"
        ],
        [
          "posterior",
          "posterior"
        ]
      ],
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        "adjective",
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        "declension-2"
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[posˈtiː.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "posticus"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.