apricus

Latin

FWOTD – 7 June 2018

Etymology

From earlier *aperīcus, from aperiō (“to open, uncover”) +‎ -cus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈpriː.kus/, [äˈpriːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpri.kus/, [äˈpriːkus]

Adjective

aprīcus (feminine aprīca, neuter aprīcum, comparative aprīcior, superlative aprīcissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. sunny, having lots of sunshine, warmed by the sun
2. (Medieval Latin) delectable, delightful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	aprīcus	aprīca	aprīcum		aprīcī	aprīcae	aprīca
Genitive	aprīcī	aprīcae	aprīcī		aprīcōrum	aprīcārum	aprīcōrum
Dative	aprīcō		aprīcō		aprīcīs
Accusative	aprīcum	aprīcam	aprīcum		aprīcōs	aprīcās	aprīca
Ablative	aprīcō	aprīcā	aprīcō		aprīcīs
Vocative	aprīce	aprīca	aprīcum		aprīcī	aprīcae	aprīca

Derived terms

• āprīcātiō
• āprīcitās
• aprīcō
• aprīcor

 

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Romanian: aprig
• Old French: abrier
  • French: abrier
  • ⇒ Old French: abri
    • Middle French: abri
      • French: abri
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: abrigar, abrigu
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: abrigar
  • Occitan: abrigar
  • ⇒ Old Occitan:
    • Catalan: abric
    • Occitan: abric
• Old Galician-Portuguese: abrigar
  • Galician: abrigar, abrigo
  • Portuguese: abrigar
  • ⇒ Old Galician-Portuguese: abrigo
    • Galician: abrigo
    • Portuguese: abrigo
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: abrigar
  • ⇒ Old Spanish: abrigo
    • Spanish: abrigo
• → English: apricate
• → Italian: aprico
• → Portuguese: aprico

References

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