exoticus

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek)

Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)

Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós)bor.

Latin exōticus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈsoː.tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eɡˈzɔː.ti.kus]

Adjective

exōticus (feminine exōtica, neuter exōticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. foreign, exotic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	exōticus	exōtica	exōticum		exōticī	exōticae	exōtica
genitive	exōticī	exōticae	exōticī		exōticōrum	exōticārum	exōticōrum
dative	exōticō	exōticae	exōticō		exōticīs
accusative	exōticum	exōticam	exōticum		exōticōs	exōticās	exōtica
ablative	exōticō	exōticā	exōticō		exōticīs
vocative	exōtice	exōtica	exōticum		exōticī	exōticae	exōtica

Derived terms

• exōticum

Descendants

• Catalan: exòtic
• English: exotic
• French: exotique
• Friulian: esotic
• Galician: exótico
• >? Italian: zotico
  • Italian: esotico
• Occitan: exotic
• Piedmontese: esòtich
• Portuguese: exótico
• Romanian: exotic
• Sicilian: sòticu
• Spanish: exótico

References

• “exoticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "exoticus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “exoticus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.