reciprocus
Possibly from a phrase such as *reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈki.pro.kus/, [rɛˈkɪprɔkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈt͡ʃi.pro.kus/, [reˈt͡ʃiːprokus]
Adjective
reciprocus (feminine reciproca, neuter reciprocum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | reciprocus | reciproca | reciprocum | reciprocī | reciprocae | reciproca | |
| Genitive | reciprocī | reciprocae | reciprocī | reciprocōrum | reciprocārum | reciprocōrum | |
| Dative | reciprocō | reciprocō | reciprocīs | ||||
| Accusative | reciprocum | reciprocam | reciprocum | reciprocōs | reciprocās | reciproca | |
| Ablative | reciprocō | reciprocā | reciprocō | reciprocīs | |||
| Vocative | reciproce | reciproca | reciprocum | reciprocī | reciprocae | reciproca | |