adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
speusticus
speusticus (feminine speustica, neuter speusticum)
Classical[ˈspɛu̯s.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈspɛu̯s.ti.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivehastily made (especially of a kind of bread)
[…] alias a festinatione, ut speustici […] Translation by Rackham, Jones, & Eichholz
[…] in others from the short time spent in making it, as hasty-bread […]77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 18.XXVII
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | speusticus | speustica | speusticum |
| genitive | speusticī | speusticae | speusticī |
| dative | speusticō | speusticae | speusticō |
| accusative | speusticum | speusticam | speusticum |
| ablative | speusticō | speusticā | speusticō |
| vocative | speustice | speustica | speusticum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | speusticī | speusticae | speustica |
| genitive | speusticōrum | speusticārum | speusticōrum |
| dative | speusticīs | speusticīs | speusticīs |
| accusative | speusticōs | speusticās | speustica |
| ablative | speusticīs | speusticīs | speusticīs |
| vocative | speusticī | speusticae | speustica |
speustĭcus, a, um, adj., = σπευστικός.
I. hastily made:
panes, a kind of bread, Plin. 18, 11, 27, § 105.Origins
From Ancient Greek σπευστικός (speustikós, “hasty”), from σπεύδω (speúdō, “to hasten”).