vitricus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === vīctricus === Etymology === Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wí-tero-s (“further apart; second, other”), but the (likely) long /iː/ is problematic. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwiː.trɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈviː.tri.kus] Even though this word is reported as vĭ-trĭ-cus in the Lewis & Short and Gaffiot 2016 dictionaries, it is never attested as such in ancient poetry. De Vaan and the Oxford Latin Dictionary provide it with vī-. In poetry, it is only attested three times in Ovid (always with a heavy initial syllable, ambiguously vī- or vĭt-) and a few other times in late poets such as Prudentius (in like positions). That the vowel of the first syllable was long is supported by at least the Romanian reflex (the Sardinian and southern Italian reflexes can equally reflect /ī/ or /ĭ/). === Noun === vītricus m (genitive vītricī); second declension stepfather Synonym: patraster ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Neapolitan: vìtrico (northern Calabria, southern Basilicata) Romanian: vitreg Sardinian: vitricu, bridicu, bidricu, birdicu, bitricu, virdicu, vriticu, fridicu (Nuorese), bidrigu (Logudorese), birdiu, bidriu (Campidanese) → Albanian: vitërk → Polish: witrykus, wytrykus, Wytrykus, Wytrykusz, Wytrykowski, Wytrychowski === References === “vitricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vitricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "vitricus", 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) “vitricus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “uītricus” on page 2080/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)