addictus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of addīcō (“assign, hand over”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [adˈdɪk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [adˈdik.tus] === Participle === addictus (feminine addicta, neuter addictum, superlative addictissimus); first/second-declension participle assigned, dedicated having been assigned. handed over, having been handed over. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== addictiō ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === addictus m (genitive addictī); second declension A debt slave; a person who has been bound as a slave to his creditor. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “addictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “addictus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “addictus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.