cubicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυβικός (kubikós); morphologically, equivalent to cubus +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.kus/, [ˈkʊbɪkʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.kus/, [ˈkuːbikus]

Adjective

cubicus (feminine cubica, neuter cubicum); first/second-declension adjective

cubic (all senses), cubical
uncia cubica ― cubic inch

Declension

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Descendants

→ Catalan: cúbic
→ French: cubique
→ Galician: cúbico
→ Portuguese: cúbico
→ Romanian: cubic
→ Spanish: cúbico

References

“cubicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cubicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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