posticus

Latin

Etymology

From post (“after”) +‎ -īcus, compare antīcus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /posˈtiː.kus/, [pɔs̠ˈt̪iːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /posˈti.kus/, [posˈt̪iːkus]

Adjective

postīcus (feminine postīca, neuter postīcum); first/second-declension adjective

1. back, rear, posterior

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	postīcus	postīca	postīcum		postīcī	postīcae	postīca
Genitive	postīcī	postīcae	postīcī		postīcōrum	postīcārum	postīcōrum
Dative	postīcō		postīcō		postīcīs
Accusative	postīcum	postīcam	postīcum		postīcōs	postīcās	postīca
Ablative	postīcō	postīcā	postīcō		postīcīs
Vocative	postīce	postīca	postīcum		postīcī	postīcae	postīca

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “back, rear”): antīcus

Descendants

• → English: postical
• Portuguese: postigo
• Spanish: postigo (“shutter”)

References

• “posticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “posticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• posticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.