adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
Aesōpicus
Aesōpicus (feminine Aesōpica, neuter Aesōpicum)
Classical[ae̯ˈsoː.pɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈs̬ɔː.pi.kus]
Meaning
- adjectiveAesopian, of or pertaining to Aesop
Hanc enim in nive formatricem facultatem si scivisset illa Aesopicae fabellae adultera, persuadere marito potuisset, se ex nive concepisse spurioque suo non tam facile fuisset orbata calliditate mariti.
If indeed that adulteress of the Aesopian fable had known of this formative faculty in snow, she could have convinced her husband, that she had conceived from snow, and would not have been so easily deprived of her illegitimate child by her husband’s shrewdness.1611, Johannes Keplerus, Strena seu de nive sexangula 19
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aesōpicus | Aesōpica | Aesōpicum |
| genitive | Aesōpicī | Aesōpicae | Aesōpicī |
| dative | Aesōpicō | Aesōpicae | Aesōpicō |
| accusative | Aesōpicum | Aesōpicam | Aesōpicum |
| ablative | Aesōpicō | Aesōpicā | Aesōpicō |
| vocative | Aesōpice | Aesōpica | Aesōpicum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aesōpicī | Aesōpicae | Aesōpica |
| genitive | Aesōpicōrum | Aesōpicārum | Aesōpicōrum |
| dative | Aesōpicīs | Aesōpicīs | Aesōpicīs |
| accusative | Aesōpicōs | Aesōpicās | Aesōpica |
| ablative | Aesōpicīs | Aesōpicīs | Aesōpicīs |
| vocative | Aesōpicī | Aesōpicae | Aesōpica |
Aesōpĭcus, a, um, adj. Aesopus,
I. Æsopic. Acc. to Isid. Orig. 1, 39, fables are either Æsopic or Libystic (from Libys, a writer of fables, mentioned by Hesych.); Æsopic, when brute beasts or things inanimate are represented as discoursing together; Libystic. when the discourse is between men and brutes.
Origins
From Aesōpus (“Aesop”) + -icus (“-ian”).