LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

nauticus

nauticus (feminine nautica, neuter nauticum)
Classical[ˈnau̯.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnaːu̯.ti.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivenautical, naval

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenauticusnauticanauticum
genitivenauticīnauticaenauticī
dativenauticōnauticaenauticō
accusativenauticumnauticamnauticum
ablativenauticōnauticānauticō
vocativenauticenauticanauticum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenauticīnauticaenautica
genitivenauticōrumnauticārumnauticōrum
dativenauticīsnauticīsnauticīs
accusativenauticōsnauticāsnautica
ablativenauticīsnauticīsnauticīs
vocativenauticīnauticaenautica

nautĭcus, a, um, adj., = ναυτικός,
I. of or belonging to ships or sailors, ship-, nautical: inhibere est verbum totum nauticum, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3: exuviae nauticae, id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 54: scientia nauticarum rerum, Caes. B. G. 3, 8; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 60 152: clamor, Verg. A. 3, 128. panis, Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138: pecunia, Dig. 45, 1, 122.—
II. Subst.: nautĭci, ōrum, m., sailors, seamen: Macrin nautici vocant, Liv. 37, 28; 41, 3; Plin. 16, 37, 70, § 178.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ναυτικός (nautikós).

Descendants
  • Catalannàutic
  • Englishnautical
  • Frenchnautique
  • Italiannautico
  • Occitannautic
  • Portuguesenáutico
  • Romaniannautic
  • Spanishnáutico
  • Dutchnautisch
  • Friuliannautic

In English words that came into English from nauticus

  • nauticalnauticus
  • nauticnauticus

Quick answers

What does nauticus mean in Latin?
nauticus, a adjective, means “nautical, naval”.
How do you pronounce nauticus?
In classical Latin, [ˈnau̯.tɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnaːu̯.ti.kus].