Aesopicus

Latin

Etymology

Aesōpus (“Aesop”) +‎ -icus (“-ian”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈsoː.pi.kus/, [äe̯ˈs̠oːpɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈso.pi.kus/, [eˈs̬ɔːpikus]

Adjective

Aesōpicus (feminine Aesōpica, neuter Aesōpicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Aesopian, of or pertaining to Aesop
   • 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu de nive sexangula 19:

     Hanc enim in nive formatricem facultatem si scivisset illa Aesopicae fabellae adultera, persuadere marito potuisset, se ex nive concepisse spurioque suo non tam facile fuisset orbata calliditate mariti.

     If indeed that adulteress of the Aesopian fable had known of this formative faculty in snow, she could have convinced her husband, that she had conceived from snow, and would not have been so easily deprived of her illegitimate child by her husband’s shrewdness.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Aesōpicus	Aesōpica	Aesōpicum		Aesōpicī	Aesōpicae	Aesōpica
Genitive	Aesōpicī	Aesōpicae	Aesōpicī		Aesōpicōrum	Aesōpicārum	Aesōpicōrum
Dative	Aesōpicō		Aesōpicō		Aesōpicīs
Accusative	Aesōpicum	Aesōpicam	Aesōpicum		Aesōpicōs	Aesōpicās	Aesōpica
Ablative	Aesōpicō	Aesōpicā	Aesōpicō		Aesōpicīs
Vocative	Aesōpice	Aesōpica	Aesōpicum		Aesōpicī	Aesōpicae	Aesōpica

References

• “Aesopicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Aesopicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.