opacus
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Latin
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly related to Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”) or from Proto-Indo-European *apó.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oˈpaː.kus/, [ɔˈpäːkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈpa.kus/, [oˈpäːkus]
Adjective
opācus (feminine opāca, neuter opācum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | opācus | opāca | opācum | opācī | opācae | opāca | |
| genitive | opācī | opācae | opācī | opācōrum | opācārum | opācōrum | |
| dative | opācō | opācae | opācō | opācīs | |||
| accusative | opācum | opācam | opācum | opācōs | opācās | opāca | |
| ablative | opācō | opācā | opācō | opācīs | |||
| vocative | opāce | opāca | opācum | opācī | opācae | opāca | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “opacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “opacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- opacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “apo-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 54-55
Further reading
- “opacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press