metallicus

Latin

Etymology

From metallum (“metal”) +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈtal.li.kus/, [mɛˈt̪älːʲɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈtal.li.kus/, [meˈt̪älːikus]

Adjective

metallicus (feminine metallica, neuter metallicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. yielding or abounding in metal
2. (post-Augustan) metallic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	metallicus	metallica	metallicum		metallicī	metallicae	metallica
Genitive	metallicī	metallicae	metallicī		metallicōrum	metallicārum	metallicōrum
Dative	metallicō		metallicō		metallicīs
Accusative	metallicum	metallicam	metallicum		metallicōs	metallicās	metallica
Ablative	metallicō	metallicā	metallicō		metallicīs
Vocative	metallice	metallica	metallicum		metallicī	metallicae	metallica

Descendants

• Catalan: metàl·lic
• English: metallic
• French: métallique
• Galician: metálico
• Italian: metallico
• Occitan: metallic
• Portuguese: metálico
• Spanish: metálico

Noun

metallicus m (genitive metallicī); second declension

1. miner; a digger of metals

   Synonym: metallārius

2. person condemned to the mines
3. worker in stone

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	metallicus	metallicī
Genitive	metallicī	metallicōrum
Dative	metallicō	metallicīs
Accusative	metallicum	metallicōs
Ablative	metallicō	metallicīs
Vocative	metallice	metallicī

Related terms

• metallifer
• metallum
• metallārius

 

References

• “metallicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• metallicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• metallicus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016