Apicius
Latin
editEtymology
editUnknown. Suggested sources include *apicus from Ancient Greek ἄποκος (ápokos, “hairless”) or ἄποικος (ápoikos, “colonist”), or apex via *apicō, thus meaning “priest, one who wears a conical hat”.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈpiː.ki.us/, [äˈpiːkiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈpi.t͡ʃi.us/, [äˈpiːt͡ʃius]
Proper noun
editApīcius m sg (genitive Apīciī or Apīcī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Marcus Gavius Apicius, a Roman cookbook writer
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Apīcius |
| genitive | Apīciī Apīcī1 |
| dative | Apīciō |
| accusative | Apīcium |
| ablative | Apīciō |
| vocative | Apīcī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “Apicius2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Apicius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.