achāicus
Meaning
- adjectiveof or pertaining to Achaea (A region in southern Greece)
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Achivi · Achæi · Achaius · Achaicus · Troius · Troicus
1. Achivi are the Homeric Greeks, or Ἀχαῖοι; Achæi are either the inhabitants of Achaia, or, in the poets, the Greeks at large, as contemporaries of the Romans. Cic. Divin. i. 16. Cum Achivi cœpissent inter se strepere. Compare this with Cæcil. 20. Quod cum sibi Achæi patronum adoptarant. 2. Achaius is the adj. of Achivus. Hor. Od. i. 15. 37. Virg. Æn. ii. 462; but Achaicus is the adj. of Achæus. Cic. Att. i. 13. 3. Troius is the more select term, as adj. of the old heroic and Homeric Troja; Troicus, the usual adj. of the country Troas, without reference to the Trojan war. (v. 306.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | achāicus | achāica | achāicum |
| genitive | achāicī | achāicae | achāicī |
| dative | achāicō | achāicae | achāicō |
| accusative | achāicum | achāicam | achāicum |
| ablative | achāicō | achāicā | achāicō |
| vocative | achāice | achāica | achāicum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | achāicī | achāicae | achāica |
| genitive | achāicōrum | achāicārum | achāicōrum |
| dative | achāicīs | achāicīs | achāicīs |
| accusative | achāicōs | achāicās | achāica |
| ablative | achāicīs | achāicīs | achāicīs |
| vocative | achāicī | achāicae | achāica |
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
Derived from Ancient Greek Ἀχᾱΐᾱ (Akhāḯā) + -icus (“of”, “pertaining to”, adjective-forming suffix)