adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
angelicus
angelicus (feminine angelica, neuter angelicum)
Classical[aŋˈɡɛ.lɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[an̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛː.li.kus]
Meaning
- adjectiveOf or pertaining to angels; angelic
Sicut ergo, cum uitium oculorum dicitur caecitas, id ostenditur, quod ad naturam oculorum pertinet uisus; et cum uitium aurium dicitur surditas, ad earum naturam pertinere demonstratur auditus: ita, cum uitium creaturae angelicae dicitur, quo non adhaeret Deo, hinc apertissime declaratur, eius naturae ut Deo adhaereat conuenire.
As, then, when we say that blindness is a defect of the eyes, we prove that sight belongs to the nature of the eyes; and when we say that deafness is a defect of the ears, hearing is thereby proved to belong to their nature;—so, when we say that it is a fault of the angelic creature that it does not cleave to God, we hereby most plainly declare that it pertained to its nature to cleave to God.412 CE – 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, De civitate Dei 12.1
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | angelicus | angelica | angelicum |
| genitive | angelicī | angelicae | angelicī |
| dative | angelicō | angelicae | angelicō |
| accusative | angelicum | angelicam | angelicum |
| ablative | angelicō | angelicā | angelicō |
| vocative | angelice | angelica | angelicum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | angelicī | angelicae | angelica |
| genitive | angelicōrum | angelicārum | angelicōrum |
| dative | angelicīs | angelicīs | angelicīs |
| accusative | angelicōs | angelicās | angelica |
| ablative | angelicīs | angelicīs | angelicīs |
| vocative | angelicī | angelicae | angelica |
angĕlĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἀγγελικός (suitable or pertaining to messengers).
I. Angelicum metrum, a dactylic measure (so called on account of its rapidity of movement), Diom. p. 512 P.; Victor. p. 2531 P. —
II. Belonging to angels, angelic: habens vultum angelicum, * Vulg. Jud. 13, 6:
panes, Prud. Tetr. 11.Origins
Late Latin; from angelus (“angel”) + -icus.
Descendants
- Catalanangèlic
- Italianangelico
- Frenchangéliquefrom Old French angélique
- Englishangelicfrom Old French angélique
- Portugueseangélico
- Spanishangélico
- Malteseanġelikufrom Italian angelico
- TranslingualAngelica
In English words that came into English from angelicus
- angelicangelicus
- angelicalangelicus