iconicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εἰκονικός (eikonikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iːˈko.ni.kus/, [iːˈkɔnɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈko.ni.kus/, [iˈkɔːnikus]

Adjective

īconicus (feminine īconica, neuter īconicum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

1. of an image, iconic
2. life-size

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īconicus	īconica	īconicum		īconicī	īconicae	īconica
Genitive	īconicī	īconicae	īconicī		īconicōrum	īconicārum	īconicōrum
Dative	īconicō	īconicae	īconicō		īconicīs
Accusative	īconicum	īconicam	īconicum		īconicōs	īconicās	īconica
Ablative	īconicō	īconicā	īconicō		īconicīs
Vocative	īconice	īconica	īconicum		īconicī	īconicae	īconica

Descendants

• → English: iconic
• → French: iconique
• → German: ikonisch
• → Italian: iconico
• → Spanish: iconico

References

• iconicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• iconicus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “iconicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press