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persicus

persicus

Latin

Adjective

persicus m ‎(feminine persica, neuter persicum); first/second declension

Persian; of Persia

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	persicus	persica	persicum		persicī	persicae	persica
genitive	persicī	persicae	persicī		persicōrum	persicārum	persicōrum
dative	persicō	persicae	persicō		persicīs
accusative	persicum	persicam	persicum		persicōs	persicās	persica
ablative	persicō	persicā	persicō		persicīs
vocative	persice	persica	persicum		persicī	persicae	persica

Noun

persicus f ‎(genitive persicī); second declension

a peach tree

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	persicus	persicī
genitive	persicī	persicōrum
dative	persicō	persicīs
accusative	persicum	persicōs
ablative	persicō	persicīs
vocative	persice	persicī

Descendants

Aromanian: chearsic, hearhic
French: persicot, persique
Italian: persico, pesco

Romanian: piersic
Sardinian: péssiche, pénsiu, péssiu, préssiu
Sicilian: pèrsicu

Related terms

Persa
Persae
persica
persicum

References

persicus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
PERSICUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “persicus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.