LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

stypticus

stypticus (feminine styptica, neuter stypticum)
Classical[ˈstyp.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈstip.ti.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveastringent, styptic

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativestypticusstypticastypticum
genitivestypticīstypticaestypticī
dativestypticōstypticaestypticō
accusativestypticumstypticamstypticum
ablativestypticōstypticāstypticō
vocativestypticestypticastypticum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativestypticīstypticaestyptica
genitivestypticōrumstypticārumstypticōrum
dativestypticīsstypticīsstypticīs
accusativestypticōsstypticāsstyptica
ablativestypticīsstypticīsstypticīs
vocativestypticīstypticaestyptica

styptĭcus, a, um, adj., = στυπτικός,
I. astringent, styptic: medicamenta, Plin. 24, 13, 73, § 120: natura herbae, id. 32, 9, 36, § 111: vis, Macr. S. 7, 16 fin.: vinum, of an acid taste, Pall. Jan. 17; id. Oct. 14, 1.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στυπτικός (stuptikós, “astringent”).

Descendants
  • Englishstyptic

In English words that came into English from stypticus

  • stypticstypticus

Quick answers

What does stypticus mean in Latin?
stypticus, a adjective, means “astringent, styptic”.
How do you pronounce stypticus?
In classical Latin, [ˈstyp.tɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈstip.ti.kus].