mendicus

Latin

Etymology

From menda (“physical defect, fault”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /menˈdiː.kus/, [mɛnˈdiː.kʊs]

Adjective

mendīcus (feminine mendīca, neuter mendīcum); first/second declension

  1. beggarly, needy, indigent

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mendīcus mendīca mendīcum mendīcī mendīcae mendīca
Genitive mendīcī mendīcae mendīcī mendīcōrum mendīcārum mendīcōrum
Dative mendīcō mendīcae mendīcō mendīcīs mendīcīs mendīcīs
Accusative mendīcum mendīcam mendīcum mendīcōs mendīcās mendīca
Ablative mendīcō mendīcā mendīcō mendīcīs mendīcīs mendīcīs
Vocative mendīce mendīca mendīcum mendīcī mendīcae mendīca

Descendants

References
  • mendicus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mendicus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mendicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • mendicus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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