LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

scepticus

scepticus m (genitive scepticī)
Classical[ˈskɛp.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈʃɛp.ti.kus]

Meaning

  1. New Latinmasculinea skeptic, a member of the sect of skeptics
    Mediumne igitur Plato inter scepticos et dogmaticos viam tenuit? Discreto ita a scepticis et dogmaticis Platone, […]1842, Philippus Willem van Heusde, Initia Philosophiæ Platonicæ, page 408:
    Quis et hoc non dicat, si scepticos et sensualistas excipias?1855, Marin de Boylesve, Cursus philosophiæ, complectens logicam, metaphysicam, ethicam. Accedit compendiosa religionis demonstratio et historia philosophiæ, page 118:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescepticusscepticī
genitivescepticīscepticōrum
dativescepticōscepticīs
accusativescepticumscepticōs
ablativescepticōscepticīs
vocativescepticescepticī

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  4. Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι(sképtomai)
  5. Ancient Greek -κός(-kós)
  6. Ancient Greek -ικός(-ikós)
  7. Latinscepticus

Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós)bor. Latin scepticus Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós).

Descendants
  • Catalanescèptic
  • Frenchsceptiquefrom Middle French sceptique
  • Portuguesecéticofrom Middle French sceptique
  • Romanianscepticfrom Middle French sceptique
  • Englishskepticfrom Middle French sceptique
  • Englishscepticfrom Middle French sceptique
  • Englishsceptickfrom Middle French sceptique
  • Englishskeptickfrom Middle French sceptique
  • Italianscettico
  • Spanishescéptico

In English words that came into English from scepticus

  • skepticalscepticus

Quick answers

What does scepticus mean in Latin?
scepticus, a noun, means “a skeptic, a member of the sect of skeptics”.
What is the genitive of scepticus?
The genitive singular is scepticī. scepticus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce scepticus?
In classical Latin, [ˈskɛp.tɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈʃɛp.ti.kus].
Where does scepticus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- → Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti → Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai → Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) → Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) → Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) → Latin scepticus.