epicus

== Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin epicus but with a semantic shift inspired by other nouns on -icus, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeː.pi.kʏs/ Hyphenation: epi‧cus === Noun === epicus m (plural epici, no diminutive) epicist, writer of epics ==== Related terms ==== epiek episch epos == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.pɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.pi.kus] === Adjective === epicus (feminine epica, neuter epicum); first/second-declension adjective (poetry) epic ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → Asturian: épicu → French: épique → English: epic → Galician: épico → Italian: epico → Portuguese: épico → Romanian: epic → Spanish: épico === References === “epicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “epicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “epicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.