antīquus
antīquus Vorlage:lat. ‘vormalig, alt, altertümlich’,
Von urital. *antīkʷos, von uig. *h₂énti-h₃kʷós „vorher erscheinend, vorausgehenden Gesichtspunkt, Ansichten, Betrachtungen habend“, von *h₂énti (örtl. Einz. von *h₂ent- „Vorderseite, Stirnseite“ + *h₃ekʷ - "Auge; sehen". Vergl. Sanskrit antiká, „nahe, in der Nähe;“.
Reflects Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s (literally “facing the front”), from the same roots whence ante (“in front of”) and oculus (“eye”).[1] Compare Sanskrit अन्तिक (antiká, “near, in the vicinity; nearness, proximity”), which is however derived from *h₂enti-kó-s, with diminutive suffix. Sense 5 could be a calque of Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈtiː.kʷus/, [än̪ˈt̪iːkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈti.kwus/, [än̪ˈt̪iːkwus]
Adjective
antīquus (feminine antīqua, neuter antīquum, comparative antīquior, superlative antīquissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- old, ancient [ synonyms ▲]
- Synonyms: vetus, prīscus, longinquus, vetustus
- aged [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]
- time-honoured, bygone
- simple, venerable
- (only superlative or comparative) the most important, valued, dear, precious [ synonyms, antonym ▲]
- classic, traditional, essential
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | antīquus | antīqua | antīquum | antīquī | antīquae | antīqua | |
| Genitive | antīquī | antīquae | antīquī | antīquōrum | antīquārum | antīquōrum | |
| Dative | antīquō | antīquō | antīquīs | ||||
| Accusative | antīquum | antīquam | antīquum | antīquōs | antīquās | antīqua | |
| Ablative | antīquō | antīquā | antīquō | antīquīs | |||
| Vocative | antīque | antīqua | antīquum | antīquī | antīquae | antīqua | |