astronomicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστρονομικός (astronomikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /as.troˈno.mi.kus/, [äs̠t̪rɔˈnɔmɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /as.troˈno.mi.kus/, [äst̪roˈnɔːmikus]

Adjective

astronomicus (feminine astronomica, neuter astronomicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. astronomical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	astronomicus	astronomica	astronomicum		astronomicī	astronomicae	astronomica
Genitive	astronomicī	astronomicae	astronomicī		astronomicōrum	astronomicārum	astronomicōrum
Dative	astronomicō		astronomicō		astronomicīs
Accusative	astronomicum	astronomicam	astronomicum		astronomicōs	astronomicās	astronomica
Ablative	astronomicō	astronomicā	astronomicō		astronomicīs
Vocative	astronomice	astronomica	astronomicum		astronomicī	astronomicae	astronomica

Descendants

• Asturian: astronómicu
• Catalan: astronòmic
• French: astronomique
• Italian: astronomico
• Portuguese: astronômico, astronómico
• Spanish: astronómico

Related terms

• astronomia

References

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