linctus

English

Etymology

From Latin linctus, from lingō (“to lick (up)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪŋk.təs/

Noun

linctus (plural linctuses)

1. (medicine) Any syrupy medication; especially a remedy for coughs.

   Synonyms: lambative, lohoch

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈliːŋk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliŋk.tus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of lingō.

Participle

līnctus (feminine līncta, neuter līnctum); first/second-declension participle

1. licked

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	līnctus	līncta	līnctum		līnctī	līnctae	līncta
genitive	līnctī	līnctae	līnctī		līnctōrum	līnctārum	līnctōrum
dative	līnctō	līnctae	līnctō		līnctīs
accusative	līnctum	līnctam	līnctum		līnctōs	līnctās	līncta
ablative	līnctō	līnctā	līnctō		līnctīs
vocative	līncte	līncta	līnctum		līnctī	līnctae	līncta

Descendants

• Aromanian: alimtu

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Latin lingō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin līnctus

From lingō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Noun

līnctus m (genitive līnctūs); fourth declension

1. a licking; the act of licking

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	līnctus	līnctūs
genitive	līnctūs	līnctuum
dative	līnctuī	līnctibus
accusative	līnctum	līnctūs
ablative	līnctū	līnctibus
vocative	līnctus	līnctūs

Descendants

• English: linctus

References

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