opticus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀπτῐκός (optĭkós, “of or for sight”), from ὀπτός (optós, “visible”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.tɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.ti.kus] === Adjective === opticus (feminine optica, neuter opticum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin) optic (of or relating to seeing, sight or vision) ==== Inflection ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “optic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “optic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.