laicus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.i.kus/, [ˈɫ̪äːɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.i.kus/, [ˈläːikus]
Adjective
lāicus (feminine lāica, neuter lāicum); first/second-declension adjective
- lay (of the laity)
- unconsecrated
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lāicus | lāica | lāicum | lāicī | lāicae | lāica | |
| Genitive | lāicī | lāicae | lāicī | lāicōrum | lāicārum | lāicōrum | |
| Dative | lāicō | lāicō | lāicīs | ||||
| Accusative | lāicum | lāicam | lāicum | lāicōs | lāicās | lāica | |
| Ablative | lāicō | lāicā | lāicō | lāicīs | |||
| Vocative | lāice | lāica | lāicum | lāicī | lāicae | lāica | |
Descendants
- English: lay
- Catalan: llec
- French: lai, laïc, laïque
- German: Laie
- Irish: laoch
- Galician: leigo (inherited), laico (borrowing)
- Italian: laico
- Portuguese: laico, leigo
- Spanish: laico, lego
References
- “laicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- laicus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- laicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.