LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

āsiāticus

āsiāticus (feminine āsiātica, neuter āsiāticum)
Classical[aː.siˈaː.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[a.s̬iˈaː.ti.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveAsiatic

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeāsiāticusāsiāticaāsiāticum
genitiveāsiāticīāsiāticaeāsiāticī
dativeāsiāticōāsiāticaeāsiāticō
accusativeāsiāticumāsiāticamāsiāticum
ablativeāsiāticōāsiāticāāsiāticō
vocativeāsiāticeāsiāticaāsiāticum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeāsiāticīāsiāticaeāsiātica
genitiveāsiāticōrumāsiāticārumāsiāticōrum
dativeāsiāticīsāsiāticīsāsiāticīs
accusativeāsiāticōsāsiāticāsāsiātica
ablativeāsiāticīsāsiāticīsāsiāticīs
vocativeāsiāticīāsiāticaeāsiātica

Ā^sĭātĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἀσιατικός,
I. Asiatic.
I. In gen.: bellum, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7: mos, id. Or. 8, 27: creta, id. Fl. 16, 37: Graeci, id. ib. 25, 60: exercitus, Liv. 39, 6: mare, Plin. 5, 27, 28, § 102: Persica, a fruit from Asia, a kind of peach, id. 15, 12, 11, § 39; also absol.: Asiatica, Col. 10, 412: picturae genus, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 75. —
II. Esp. as rhet. t., Asiatic, bombaslic: genus dicendi, a bombastic style of discourse, peculiar to Asiatics, Cic. Brut. 95, 325: dictio, id. ib. 95, 325: oratores, id. ib. 13, 51; cf. id. Or. 8, 27, and Asianus, II.— Subst.: ā^sĭātĭcus, i, m., the surname of Cornelius Scipio, who conquered Antiochus, brother of Scipio Africanus, Liv. 37, 58; Gell. 7, 19; cf. Asiagenes.

Origins

From Ancient Greek Ἀσιατικός (Asiatikós), from Ἀσία (Asía).

Descendants
  • Catalanasiàtic
  • EnglishAsiatic
  • Frenchasiatique
  • Germanasiatisch
  • GermanAsiatfrom German asiatisch
  • GermanAsiatefrom German asiatisch
  • Italianasiatico
  • Occitanasiatic
  • Portugueseasiático
  • Romanianasiatic

Quick answers

What does āsiāticus mean in Latin?
āsiāticus, a adjective, means “Asiatic”.
How do you pronounce āsiāticus?
In classical Latin, [aː.siˈaː.tɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.s̬iˈaː.ti.kus].