-aticus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Derived from -ātus (“-ate”, “-like”) + -icus (derivational suffix), occurring in some original cases and later freely extended. Not to be confused with the ending -aticus (note the short /a/) found in various borrowings from Greek (cf. aenigmaticus, grammaticus).
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aː.ti.kus/, [äːt̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.ti.kus/, [ät̪ikus]
-āticus (feminine -ātica, neuter -āticum); first/second-declension suffix
- Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to the root noun or actions related to it.
- umbra (“shadow”, “shade”) + -aticus → umbrāticus (“found in the shade”)
- via (“road”, “path”) + -aticus → viāticus (“related to a journey or travel”)
First/second-declension adjective.