mendicus

Latin

Etymology

From menda (“physical defect, fault”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /menˈdiː.kus/, [mɛn̪ˈd̪iː.kʊs]

Adjective

mendīcus (feminine mendīca, neuter mendīcum, superlative mendīcissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. beggarly, needy, indigent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mendīcus	mendīca	mendīcum		mendīcī	mendīcae	mendīca
Genitive	mendīcī	mendīcae	mendīcī		mendīcōrum	mendīcārum	mendīcōrum
Dative	mendīcō		mendīcō		mendīcīs
Accusative	mendīcum	mendīcam	mendīcum		mendīcōs	mendīcās	mendīca
Ablative	mendīcō	mendīcā	mendīcō		mendīcīs
Vocative	mendīce	mendīca	mendīcum		mendīcī	mendīcae	mendīca

Related terms

• mendīcō

Descendants

• Asturian: méndigu
• Galician: mendigo
• Italian: mendico
• Portuguese: mendigo
• Spanish: mendigo

References

• mendicus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mendicus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mendicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• mendicus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers