Persicus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσικός (Persikós), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs, “Persian man”, noun) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, Persēs/Persa +‎ -icus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.sɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛr.si.kus] === Adjective === Persicus (feminine Persica, neuter Persicum, adverb Persicē); first/second-declension adjective Persian; of Persia ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== === Related terms === ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: pèrsic → English: Persic French: persique Italian: persico Occitan: persic Portuguese: pérsico Sicilian: pèrsicu Spanish: pérsico === References === “Persicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "Persicus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “Persicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.