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posticus

posticus

Latin

Adjective

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

back, rear, posterior

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	postīcus	postīca	postīcum		postīcī	postīcae	postīca
genitive	postīcī	postīcae	postīcī		postīcōrum	postīcārum	postīcōrum
dative	postīcō	postīcae	postīcō		postīcīs
accusative	postīcum	postīcam	postīcum		postīcōs	postīcās	postīca
ablative	postīcō	postīcā	postīcō		postīcīs
vocative	postīce	postīca	postīcum		postīcī	postīcae	postīca

Antonyms

(back, rear): antīcus

Descendants

English: postical
Portuguese: postigo

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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “posticus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.