LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

plasticus

plasticus (feminine plastica, neuter plasticum)
Classical[ˈpɫas.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈplas.ti.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveOf or pertaining to moulding or shaping.
  2. New LatinadjectiveMade of plastic.
    2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, De eiectamentis plasticis https://areena.yle.fi/1-4361296, Nuntii Latini 30.3.2018In the waters between California and Hawaii, such an amount of plastic waste bobs around that it exceeds thrice the area of France.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeplasticusplasticaplasticum
genitiveplasticīplasticaeplasticī
dativeplasticōplasticaeplasticō
accusativeplasticumplasticamplasticum
ablativeplasticōplasticāplasticō
vocativeplasticeplasticaplasticum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeplasticīplasticaeplastica
genitiveplasticōrumplasticārumplasticōrum
dativeplasticīsplasticīsplasticīs
accusativeplasticōsplasticāsplastica
ablativeplasticīsplasticīsplasticīs
vocativeplasticīplasticaeplastica

plastĭcus, a, um, adj., = πλαστικός,
I. of or belonging to moulding or modelling, plastic: ratio, Vitr. 1, 1, 13: manus, plastic, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 12.—
II. Subst.: pla-stĭcus, i, m., a moulder, modeller, statuary (post-class.), Firm. Math. 7, 25.

Origins

From Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós, “shapable, mouldable”). By surface analysis, plast(ēs) (“shaper”, “moulder”) + -icus (adjective-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalanplàstic
  • Englishplastic
  • Frenchplastique
  • Italianplastico
  • Portugueseplástico
  • Romanianplastic
  • Spanishplástico
  • Arabicبلاستيكfrom French plastique

In English words that came into English from plasticus

  • plasticplasticus

Quick answers

What does plasticus mean in Latin?
plasticus, a adjective, means “Of or pertaining to moulding or shaping.; Made of plastic.”.
How do you pronounce plasticus?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɫas.tɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈplas.ti.kus].