cubicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυβικός (kubikós); morphologically, equivalent to cubus +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.kus/, [ˈkʊbɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.kus/, [ˈkuːbikus]

Adjective

cubicus (feminine cubica, neuter cubicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. cubic (all senses), cubical

   uncia cubica ― cubic inch

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cubicus	cubica	cubicum		cubicī	cubicae	cubica
Genitive	cubicī	cubicae	cubicī		cubicōrum	cubicārum	cubicōrum
Dative	cubicō		cubicō		cubicīs
Accusative	cubicum	cubicam	cubicum		cubicōs	cubicās	cubica
Ablative	cubicō	cubicā	cubicō		cubicīs
Vocative	cubice	cubica	cubicum		cubicī	cubicae	cubica

Descendants

• → Catalan: cúbic
• → French: cubique
• → Galician: cúbico
• → Portuguese: cúbico
• → Romanian: cubic
• → Spanish: cúbico

References

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