historicus

Dutch

Etymology

From historie +‎ -icus

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧cus

Noun

historicus m (plural historici)

1. historian

Synonyms

• geschiedkundige

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Latin

Alternative forms

• (prefix): historico-

Etymology

From historia (“history”) + -icus (“forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hisˈto.ri.kus/, [hɪs̠ˈt̪ɔrɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /isˈto.ri.kus/, [isˈt̪ɔːrikus]

Adjective

historicus (feminine historica, neuter historicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. historical
   • 1826, Stanislaus Julien translating Mencius as Meng Tseu, p. 46:

     Ejus stylus, tunc historicus.

     [The Spring and Autumn Annals] are written in the historical style.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	historicus	historica	historicum		historicī	historicae	historica
Genitive	historicī	historicae	historicī		historicōrum	historicārum	historicōrum
Dative	historicō		historicō		historicīs
Accusative	historicum	historicam	historicum		historicōs	historicās	historica
Ablative	historicō	historicā	historicō		historicīs
Vocative	historice	historica	historicum		historicī	historicae	historica

Descendants

• Catalan: històric
• → English: historic, historical
• French: historique
• Galician: histórico
• Italian: storico
• Occitan: istoric
• Portuguese: histórico
• Romanian: istoric
• Spanish: histórico

References

• “historicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “historicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• historicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • historic times: historicorum fide contestata memoria