LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

melancholicus

melancholicus (feminine melancholica, neuter melancholicum)
Classical[mɛ.ɫaŋˈkʰɔ.lɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[me.laŋˈkɔː.li.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivehaving black bile, atrabilious, melancholy

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemelancholicusmelancholicamelancholicum
genitivemelancholicīmelancholicaemelancholicī
dativemelancholicōmelancholicaemelancholicō
accusativemelancholicummelancholicammelancholicum
ablativemelancholicōmelancholicāmelancholicō
vocativemelancholicemelancholicamelancholicum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemelancholicīmelancholicaemelancholica
genitivemelancholicōrummelancholicārummelancholicōrum
dativemelancholicīsmelancholicīsmelancholicīs
accusativemelancholicōsmelancholicāsmelancholica
ablativemelancholicīsmelancholicīsmelancholicīs
vocativemelancholicīmelancholicaemelancholica

mĕlanchŏlĭcus, a, um, adj., = μελαγχολικός,
I. having black bile, atrabilious, melancholy: Aristoteles quidem ait, omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse, Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80; cf. id. Div. 1, 37, 81: insania, Plin. 22, 25, 64, § 133: vertigines, id. 27, 12, 105, § 130.

Origins

From Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós), from μελαγχολία (melankholía, “melancholy”).

Descendants
  • Catalanmelancòlic
  • Germanmelancholisch
  • Englishmelancholicfrom Old French melancolique
  • Frenchmélancoliquefrom Old French melancolique
  • Romanianmelancolicfrom Old French melancolique
  • Italianmalinconico
  • Portuguesemelancólico
  • Spanishmelancólico
  • Czechmelancholik
  • Finnishmelankolikko

In English words that came into English from melancholicus

  • melancholicmelancholicus

Quick answers

What does melancholicus mean in Latin?
melancholicus, a adjective, means “having black bile, atrabilious, melancholy”.
How do you pronounce melancholicus?
In classical Latin, [mɛ.ɫaŋˈkʰɔ.lɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [me.laŋˈkɔː.li.kus].