laicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.i.kus/, [ˈɫ̪äːɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.i.kus/, [ˈläːikus]

Adjective

lāicus (feminine lāica, neuter lāicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. lay (of the laity)
2. unconsecrated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lāicus	lāica	lāicum		lāicī	lāicae	lāica
Genitive	lāicī	lāicae	lāicī		lāicōrum	lāicārum	lāicōrum
Dative	lāicō		lāicō		lāicīs
Accusative	lāicum	lāicam	lāicum		lāicōs	lāicās	lāica
Ablative	lāicō	lāicā	lāicō		lāicīs
Vocative	lāice	lāica	lāicum		lāicī	lāicae	lāica

Descendants

• Catalan: llec, → laic
• → Dutch: leek
• → French: laïc, laïque
• Galician: leigo, → laico
• → Hungarian: laikus
• → Irish: láech
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: làich
  • Romagnol: làic, lêic
• Old Italian: ladico
  • >? Italian: laico
• Old French: lai
  • → English: lay
  • French: lai
• →⇒ Old High German: leigo (“layman”, noun)
  • Middle High German: leige, leie
    • German: Laie
• Portuguese: leigo, → laico
• Provençal: laic
• Old Spanish: lego
  • Spanish: lego
• → Romanian: laic
• → Sicilian: laicu
• → Spanish: laico

References

• “laicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• laicus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• laicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.