pacificus

Latin

Etymology

From pāx (“peace”) +‎ -ficus (“bringing, making”), related to faciō (“to make”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pācificus (feminine pācifica, neuter pācificum, adverb pācificē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. peacemaking, pacific, peaceable
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.407–408:
      pāce Cerēs laeta est; et vōs ōrātē, colōnī,
      perpetuam pācem pācificumque ducem
      Ceres delights in peace; and you, farmers –
      pray for perpetual peace and a peacemaking ruler.
      (See Ceres (mythology).)
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.3.17:
      viae eius viae pulchrae et omnēs sēmitae illīus pācificae
      Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.
      (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pācificus pācifica pācificum pācificī pācificae pācifica
Genitive pācificī pācificae pācificī pācificōrum pācificārum pācificōrum
Dative pācificō pācificō pācificīs
Accusative pācificum pācificam pācificum pācificōs pācificās pācifica
Ablative pācificō pācificā pācificō pācificīs
Vocative pācifice pācifica pācificum pācificī pācificae pācifica

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Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: pacific
  • → French: pacifique
  • → Italian: pacifico
  • → Portuguese: pacífico
  • → Romanian: pacific
  • → Spanish: pacífico

References
  • “pacificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pacificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pacificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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