oecumenicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οἰκουμενικός (oikoumenikós, “from or open to the whole world”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [oe̯.kuːˈmɛ.nɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.kuˈmɛː.ni.kus]

Adjective

oecūmenicus (feminine oecūmenica, neuter oecūmenicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) Of or pertaining to whole inhabited world; ecumenical.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	oecūmenicus	oecūmenica	oecūmenicum		oecūmenicī	oecūmenicae	oecūmenica
genitive	oecūmenicī	oecūmenicae	oecūmenicī		oecūmenicōrum	oecūmenicārum	oecūmenicōrum
dative	oecūmenicō	oecūmenicae	oecūmenicō		oecūmenicīs
accusative	oecūmenicum	oecūmenicam	oecūmenicum		oecūmenicōs	oecūmenicās	oecūmenica
ablative	oecūmenicō	oecūmenicā	oecūmenicō		oecūmenicīs
vocative	oecūmenice	oecūmenica	oecūmenicum		oecūmenicī	oecūmenicae	oecūmenica

Derived terms

• concilium oecūmenicum

Related terms

• oeconomia
• oeconomicus
• oeconomus
• oecūmenē
• oecus

Descendants

• → English: ecumenic, ecumenical
  • →? Polish: ekumeniczny
• → French: œcuménique
• → Hungarian: ökumenikus
• → Italian: ecumenico
• → Portuguese: ecuménico
• → Romanian: ecumenic
• → Spanish: ecuménico

References

• "oecumenicus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Souter, Alexander (1949), “oecūmenicus”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 275