epicus

See also: EPICUS

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epicus but with a semantic shift inspired by other nouns on -icus, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.pi.kʏs/
• Hyphenation: epi‧cus

Noun

epicus m (plural epici, no diminutive)

1. epicist, writer of epics

Related terms

• epiek
• episch
• epos

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.pɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.pi.kus]

Adjective

epicus (feminine epica, neuter epicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (poetry) epic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	epicus	epica	epicum		epicī	epicae	epica
genitive	epicī	epicae	epicī		epicōrum	epicārum	epicōrum
dative	epicō	epicae	epicō		epicīs
accusative	epicum	epicam	epicum		epicōs	epicās	epica
ablative	epicō	epicā	epicō		epicīs
vocative	epice	epica	epicum		epicī	epicae	epica

Descendants

• → Asturian: épicu
• → French: épique

• → English: epic

• → Galician: épico
• → Italian: epico
• → Portuguese: épico
• → Romanian: epic
• → Spanish: épico

References

• “epicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “epicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “epicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • epic poetry: carmen epicum
    
  • an epic, heroic poet: poeta epicus