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epicus

epicus

See also: EPICUS

Latin

Adjective

epicus m ‎(feminine epica, neuter epicum); first/second declension

epic

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	epicus	epica	epicum		epicī	epicae	epica
genitive	epicī	epicae	epicī		epicōrum	epicārum	epicōrum
dative	epicō	epicae	epicō		epicīs
accusative	epicum	epicam	epicum		epicōs	epicās	epica
ablative	epicō	epicā	epicō		epicīs
vocative	epice	epica	epicum		epicī	epicae	epica

Descendants

French: épique

→ English: epic

Galician: épico
Italian: epico
Portuguese: épico
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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “epicus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- epic poetry: carmen epicum
- an epic, heroic poet: poeta epicus