identicus

Latin

Etymology

From Late Latin identitās (“sameness”) +‎ -icus, from idem n (“the same”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪˈdɛn.tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈdɛn.ti.kus]

Adjective

identicus (feminine identica, neuter identicum, adverb identicē); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin, logic, philosophy) same, identical (in quality, attributes etc.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	identicus	identica	identicum		identicī	identicae	identica
genitive	identicī	identicae	identicī		identicōrum	identicārum	identicōrum
dative	identicō	identicae	identicō		identicīs
accusative	identicum	identicam	identicum		identicōs	identicās	identica
ablative	identicō	identicā	identicō		identicīs
vocative	identice	identica	identicum		identicī	identicae	identica

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:identicus.

Derived terms

• identicē

Related terms

• īdem
• identidem
• identificātiō
• identificō
• identificus
• identitās

Descendants

• → Catalan: idèntic
• → English: identic
• → French: identique
• → Galician: idéntico
• → Italian: identico
• → Piedmontese: idèntich
• → Portuguese: idêntico
• → Romanian: identic
• → Spanish: idéntico

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “identic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• DMLBS