opticus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀπτῐκός (optĭkós, “of or for sight”), from ὀπτός (optós, “visible”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

opticus (feminine optica, neuter opticum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. optic (of or relating to seeing, sight or vision)

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Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	opticus	optica	opticum		opticī	opticae	optica
genitive	opticī	opticae	opticī		opticōrum	opticārum	opticōrum
dative	opticō	opticae	opticō		opticīs
accusative	opticum	opticam	opticum		opticōs	opticās	optica
ablative	opticō	opticā	opticō		opticīs
vocative	optice	optica	opticum		opticī	opticae	optica

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: òptic
• → English: optic
• → French: optique
• Friulian: otic
• → Italian: ottico
• Piedmontese: òtich
• → Portuguese: óptico
• → Romanian: optic
• → Spanish: óptico

References

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