LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

diacriticus

diacriticus (feminine diacritica, neuter diacriticum)

Meaning

  1. New Latinadjectivediacritic
    Liber Diacriticus de Muſurgia antiquo - moderna, in qua de varia utriuſque Muſicæ ratione diſputatur.1788, Bibliothecæ Casanatensis Ordinis Prædicatorum Catalogus Librorum Rypis Impressorum, page 20:
    Constat enim, [] esse literam adspiratam siue diacriticam pro [] leni, vti circellus diacriticus quoque docet; quare [] ad [] quemadmodum [] ad referri debet.1840, Gustav Seyffarth, Alphabeta Genuina Aegyptiorum: Numeris Ipsorum Hieroglyphicis, Hieraticis Demoticisque Conservata: Nec Non Asianorum Literis Persarum, Medorum Assyriorumque Cuneoformibus, Zendicis, Pehlvicis et Sanscritis Subiecta, page 84:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativediacriticusdiacriticadiacriticum
genitivediacriticīdiacriticaediacriticī
dativediacriticōdiacriticaediacriticō
accusativediacriticumdiacriticamdiacriticum
ablativediacriticōdiacriticādiacriticō
vocativediacriticediacriticadiacriticum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativediacriticīdiacriticaediacritica
genitivediacriticōrumdiacriticārumdiacriticōrum
dativediacriticīsdiacriticīsdiacriticīs
accusativediacriticōsdiacriticāsdiacritica
ablativediacriticīsdiacriticīsdiacriticīs
vocativediacriticīdiacriticaediacritica

Quick answers

What does diacriticus mean in Latin?
diacriticus, a adjective, means “diacritic”.