mechanicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós). By surface analysis, machina +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meːˈkʰa.ni.kus/, [meːˈkʰänɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈka.ni.kus/, [meˈkäːnikus]

Noun

mēchanicus m (genitive mēchanicī); second declension

1. engineer
2. mechanic
3. mechanics

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mēchanicus	mēchanicī
genitive	mēchanicī	mēchanicōrum
dative	mēchanicō	mēchanicīs
accusative	mēchanicum	mēchanicōs
ablative	mēchanicō	mēchanicīs
vocative	mēchanice	mēchanicī

Adjective

mēchanicus (feminine mēchanica, neuter mēchanicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. mechanical
2. (relational) engineering

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mēchanicus	mēchanica	mēchanicum		mēchanicī	mēchanicae	mēchanica
genitive	mēchanicī	mēchanicae	mēchanicī		mēchanicōrum	mēchanicārum	mēchanicōrum
dative	mēchanicō	mēchanicae	mēchanicō		mēchanicīs
accusative	mēchanicum	mēchanicam	mēchanicum		mēchanicōs	mēchanicās	mēchanica
ablative	mēchanicō	mēchanicā	mēchanicō		mēchanicīs
vocative	mēchanice	mēchanica	mēchanicum		mēchanicī	mēchanicae	mēchanica

References

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