What does archaicus mean in Latin?

archaicus, a adjective, means “ancient, old”.

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

archaicus

archaicus (feminine archaica, neuter archaicum)

New Latinadjectiveancient, old
Quarum adeo rerum notitiam tuæ potiſſimum comitati deberi, non ſine grati animi ruminatione, Lubens hercule ac Merito agnoſco; cujus beneficio feſtivam illam tot archaicorum voluminum copiam, atque in his Hedam meum adeptus.1663, Epistolarum ab illustribus et claris viris scriptarum centuriæ tres, page 333:

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	archaicus	archaica	archaicum
genitive	archaicī	archaicae	archaicī
dative	archaicō	archaicae	archaicō
accusative	archaicum	archaicam	archaicum
ablative	archaicō	archaicā	archaicō
vocative	archaice	archaica	archaicum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	archaicī	archaicae	archaica
genitive	archaicōrum	archaicārum	archaicōrum
dative	archaicīs	archaicīs	archaicīs
accusative	archaicōs	archaicās	archaica
ablative	archaicīs	archaicīs	archaicīs
vocative	archaicī	archaicae	archaica

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊκός (arkhaïkós). * (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [arˈkaː.i.kus]

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