LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

parricus

parricus m (genitive parricī)

Meaning

  1. EarlyMedieval Latinmasculinefence
  2. EarlyMedieval Latinmasculinegame park, cattle reserve
  3. EarlyMedieval Latinmasculinefenced-in enclosure

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeparricusparricī
genitiveparricīparricōrum
dativeparricōparricīs
accusativeparricumparricōs
ablativeparricōparricīs
vocativeparriceparricī

Origins

First attested in the Lex Ripuaria. Either borrowed from Frankish *parrik or vice-versa. If a native formation, it would presumably represent the nominalization of an adjective formed from *parra (“pole, post”) + -icus, hence "made of posts".

Direct reflexes
  • Catalanpàrrecfrom Old Catalan pargue
  • Catalanparcfrom Old Catalan pargue
  • Occitanpargue
  • Occitanparrec
  • Occitanparc
  • Lombardparec
  • Lombardparac
  • Piedmonteseparc
  • Franco-Provençalparco
  • Old Frenchparc
Reflexes of a variant *barricus
  • Occitanbargue
  • Emilianbareg
  • Lombardbaric
  • Lombardbarec
  • Lombardbarc
  • Old Venetanbarco
  • Gasconbarracfrom Occitan bargue

Quick answers

What does parricus mean in Latin?
parricus, a noun, means “fence; game park, cattle reserve; fenced-in enclosure”.
What is the genitive of parricus?
The genitive singular is parricī. parricus is masculine, second declension.