architectonicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχιτεκτονικός (arkhitektonikós, “pertaining to an architect or to architecture”), from ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “architect”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix). Equivalent to architectōn +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.tekˈto.ni.kus/, [ärkʰɪt̪ɛkˈt̪ɔnɪkʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.ki.tekˈto.ni.kus/, [ärkit̪ekˈt̪ɔːnikus]

Adjective

architectonicus (feminine architectonica, neuter architectonicum); first/second-declension adjective

Of or pertaining to an architect or architecture; architectural
- c. 80 BCE – 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.1.1.11:
  αναλημμα est ratio conquisita solis cursu et umbrae crescentis ad brumam observatione inventa, e qua per rationes architectonicas circinique descriptiones est inventus effectus in mundo

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	architectonicus	architectonica	architectonicum	architectonicī	architectonicae	architectonica
Genitive	architectonicī	architectonicae	architectonicī	architectonicōrum	architectonicārum	architectonicōrum
Dative	architectonicō	architectonicae	architectonicō	architectonicīs
Accusative	architectonicum	architectonicam	architectonicum	architectonicōs	architectonicās	architectonica
Ablative	architectonicō	architectonicā	architectonicō	architectonicīs
Vocative	architectonice	architectonica	architectonicum	architectonicī	architectonicae	architectonica

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: arquitectònic
→ English: architectonic
→ French: architectonique
→ Italian: architettonico
→ Portuguese: arquitetónico, arquitetônico
→ Romanian: arhitectonic
→ Spanish: arquitectónico

References

“architectonicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
architectonicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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