arcticus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈark.tɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈark.ti.kus] === Adjective === arcticus (feminine arctica, neuter arcticum); first/second-declension adjective northern, arctic ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (northern): boreālis ==== Derived terms ==== Circulus Arcticus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “arcticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “arcticus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.