adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
reciprocus
reciprocus (feminine reciproca, neuter reciprocum)
Classical[rɛˈkɪ.prɔ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[reˈt͡ʃiː.pro.kus]
Meaning
- adjectiveback and forth
- adjectivealternating
- adjectivereciprocal
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | reciprocus | reciproca | reciprocum |
| genitive | reciprocī | reciprocae | reciprocī |
| dative | reciprocō | reciprocae | reciprocō |
| accusative | reciprocum | reciprocam | reciprocum |
| ablative | reciprocō | reciprocā | reciprocō |
| vocative | reciproce | reciproca | reciprocum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | reciprocī | reciprocae | reciproca |
| genitive | reciprocōrum | reciprocārum | reciprocōrum |
| dative | reciprocīs | reciprocīs | reciprocīs |
| accusative | reciprocōs | reciprocās | reciproca |
| ablative | reciprocīs | reciprocīs | reciprocīs |
| vocative | reciprocī | reciprocae | reciproca |
rĕcī^prŏcus, a, um, adj. perh. from reque proque, back and forth.
I. Lit., turning back the same way, returning, receding (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): apud Attium: reciproca tendens nervo equino concita Tela;
reciproca est, quom unde quid profectum, redit eo, flung back, Varr. L. L. 7, § 80 Müll. (an imitation of the Homeric παλίντονα τόξα).—Esp. freq. of receding waters: vadosum ac reciprocum mare, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 26: amnes, id. 9, 57, 83, § 176; 16, 36, 66, § 169; Tac. A. 1, 70; and of the ebb and flow, Plin. 2, 27, 99, § 213; hence, poet., an epithet of the sea, Sil. 3, 60.—II. Trop., alternating, reciprocal, etc.:
voces, reverberating echoes, Plin. 2, 44, 44, § 115: argumenta, retorted, Gr. ἀντιστρέφοντα, Gell. 5, 10, 2: ars, alternaling, reciprocal, Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 3; cf. taliones, Gell. 20, 1, 35: vices pugnandi, id. 15, 18, 3: epistulae, Hier. Ep. 5, 1: munus, Aus. Ep. 7.—2. In gram., pronomen, a reciprocal pronoun, as sibi, se, Prisc. p. 939 P.: versus, which has the same metre when the order of words is reversed, e. g. Verg. A. 1, 8 (4); Diom. p. 515 P.— Hence, adv.: rĕcī^prŏcē, alternately, to and fro (cf.:
invicem, vicissim): fluere, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9.— Transf., conversely, Prisc. 1142 P.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
reciprocus adj.,
returning, receding: mare, Ta.
Origins
Possibly from a phrase such as *reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”).
Descendants
- Catalanrecíproc
- Englishreciprocal
- Frenchréciproque
- Romanianreciprocfrom French réciproque
- Germanreziprok
- Italianreciproco
- Portugueserecíproco
- Spanishrecíproco
- Galicianrecíproco
- Piedmonteseressìproch