pelagicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /peˈla.ɡi.kus/, [pɛˈɫ̪äɡɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈla.d͡ʒi.kus/, [peˈläːd͡ʒikus]

Adjective

pelagicus (feminine pelagica, neuter pelagicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. pelagic (of the open sea)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pelagicus	pelagica	pelagicum		pelagicī	pelagicae	pelagica
Genitive	pelagicī	pelagicae	pelagicī		pelagicōrum	pelagicārum	pelagicōrum
Dative	pelagicō		pelagicō		pelagicīs
Accusative	pelagicum	pelagicam	pelagicum		pelagicōs	pelagicās	pelagica
Ablative	pelagicō	pelagicā	pelagicō		pelagicīs
Vocative	pelagice	pelagica	pelagicum		pelagicī	pelagicae	pelagica

Related terms

• pelagus

Descendants

• Catalan: pelàgic
• French: pélagique
• Galician: peláxico
• Italian: pelagico
• Portuguese: pelágico
• Spanish: pelágico

References

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