indicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰνδικός (indikós), from Ἰνδία (Indía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪn.dɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈin.di.kus]

Adjective

indicus (feminine indica, neuter indicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Indian, Indic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	indicus	indica	indicum		indicī	indicae	indica
genitive	indicī	indicae	indicī		indicōrum	indicārum	indicōrum
dative	indicō	indicae	indicō		indicīs
accusative	indicum	indicam	indicum		indicōs	indicās	indica
ablative	indicō	indicā	indicō		indicīs
vocative	indice	indica	indicum		indicī	indicae	indica

Descendants

(descendants meaning “Indic, Indian”):

• → Catalan: índic
• → English: Indic
• → Italian: indico
• → Middle French: indique
  • French: indique
• → Portuguese: índico
• → Romanian: indic
• → Spanish: índico

(descendants with other senses):

• Gallo-Italic:
  • Romagnol: índac (“indigo”)
• Italian: indaco (“indigo”)
• → Polish: indyk (“turkey”)
• → Portuguese: índigo (“indigo”)
• → Russian: индюк (indjuk, “turkey”)
• → Spanish: índigo (“indigo”)
• → Ukrainian: індик (indyk, “turkey”)

References

• "indicus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)