adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
pācificus
pācificus (feminine pācifica, neuter pācificum, adverb pācificē)
Classical[paːˈkɪ.fɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[paˈt͡ʃiː.fi.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivepeacemaking, pacific, peaceable
pāce Cerēs laeta est; et vōs ōrātē, colōnī, perpetuam pācem pācificumque ducem Ceres delights in peace; and you, farmers –
pray for perpetual peace and a peacemaking ruler. (See Ceres (mythology).)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.407–408viae eius viae pulchrae et omnēs sēmitae illīus pācificae Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.3.17
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pācificus | pācifica | pācificum |
| genitive | pācificī | pācificae | pācificī |
| dative | pācificō | pācificae | pācificō |
| accusative | pācificum | pācificam | pācificum |
| ablative | pācificō | pācificā | pācificō |
| vocative | pācifice | pācifica | pācificum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pācificī | pācificae | pācifica |
| genitive | pācificōrum | pācificārum | pācificōrum |
| dative | pācificīs | pācificīs | pācificīs |
| accusative | pācificōs | pācificās | pācifica |
| ablative | pācificīs | pācificīs | pācificīs |
| vocative | pācificī | pācificae | pācifica |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
pācĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. peacemaking, pacific, peaceable (class.): persona, * Cic. Att. 8, 12, 4:
secures, the axes in the fasces of the lictors, Luc. 7, 63: Janus, Mart. 8, 66.—Plur. as subst.: beati pacifici, Vulg. Matt. 5, 9.—Esp.: victimae pacificae, peaceofferings, Vulg. Exod. 29, 28: hostiae, id. ib. 32, 6.—As subst.: pācĭfĭca, ōrum, n., peace-offerings: obtulit pacifica, Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 17 et saep.—Hence, adv.: pācĭ-fĭcē, pacifically, peaceably (post-class.): consulere, Cypr. Ep. 41; Vulg. Gen. 26, 31.Origins
From pāx (“peace”) + -ficus (“bringing, making”), related to faciō (“to make”).
Descendants
- Catalanpacífic
- Englishpacific
- Frenchpacifique
- Italianpacifico
- Portuguesepacífico
- Romanianpacific
- Spanishpacífico
- Germanpazifisch