criticus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κρῐτῐκός (krĭtĭkós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ti.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: cri‧ti‧cus

Noun

criticus m (plural critici, diminutive criticusje n)

1. critic

Related terms

• criticaster
• kritiek
• kritisch

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krínō, “to judge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkrɪ.tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkriː.ti.kus]

Adjective

criticus (feminine critica, neuter criticum, adverb criticē); first/second-declension adjective

1. (medicine) critical, decisive

Usage notes

Classical usage of the adjective criticus is almost entirely limited to medical texts.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	criticus	critica	criticum		criticī	criticae	critica
genitive	criticī	criticae	criticī		criticōrum	criticārum	criticōrum
dative	criticō	criticae	criticō		criticīs
accusative	criticum	criticam	criticum		criticōs	criticās	critica
ablative	criticō	criticā	criticō		criticīs
vocative	critice	critica	criticum		criticī	criticae	critica

Descendants

• Catalan: crític
• ⇒ English: critical
• French: critique
• Italian: critico
• Portuguese: crítico
• Romanian: critic
• Russian: крити́ческий (kritíčeskij)
• Spanish: crítico

Noun

criticus m (genitive criticī); second declension

1. a critic

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	criticus	criticī
genitive	criticī	criticōrum
dative	criticō	criticīs
accusative	criticum	criticōs
ablative	criticō	criticīs
vocative	critice	criticī

Descendants

• Catalan: crític
• Middle French: critique
  • → English: critic
  • French: critique
    • German: kritisch
      • → Dutch: kritisch
        • Afrikaans: krities
        • → Indonesian: kritis
• Italian: critico
• Portuguese: crítico
• Romanian: critic
• → Russian: кри́тик (krítik)
  • →⇒ Georgian: კრიტიკოსი (ḳriṭiḳosi)
• Spanish: crítico

References

• “criticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “criticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “criticus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.