antiquus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *antīkʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti-h₃kʷós (“appearing before, having prior aspect”), from *h₂énti (locative singular of *h₂ent- (“front, front side”)) + *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈtiː.kʷus/, [anˈtiː.kʷʊs]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | antīquus | antīqua | antīquum | antīquī | antīquae | antīqua | |
Genitive | antīquī | antīquae | antīquī | antīquōrum | antīquārum | antīquōrum | |
Dative | antīquō | antīquae | antīquō | antīquīs | antīquīs | antīquīs | |
Accusative | antīquum | antīquam | antīquum | antīquōs | antīquās | antīqua | |
Ablative | antīquō | antīquā | antīquō | antīquīs | antīquīs | antīquīs | |
Vocative | antīque | antīqua | antīquum | antīquī | antīquae | antīqua |
- comparative: antīquior, superlative: antīquissimus
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: antiek
- Aragonese: antigo
- Asturian: antiguu
- Catalan: antic
- Dutch: antiek
- English: antique, antic
- Esperanto: antikva
- Extremaduran: antíguu
- French: antique
- Friulian: antîc
- Galician: antigo
- German: antik
References
- antiquus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- antiquus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- antiquus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- antiquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- in old days, in the olden time: antiquis temporibus
- to restore a man to his former position: aliquem in antiquum statum, in pristinum restituere
- in old days, in the olden time: antiquis temporibus
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