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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpraːk.tɪ.kʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprak.ti.kus]

Adjective

prācticus (feminine prāctica, neuter prācticum); first/second-declension adjective

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	prācticus	prāctica	prācticum	prācticī	prācticae	prāctica
genitive	prācticī	prācticae	prācticī	prācticōrum	prācticārum	prācticōrum
dative	prācticō	prācticae	prācticō	prācticīs
accusative	prācticum	prācticam	prācticum	prācticōs	prācticās	prāctica
ablative	prācticō	prācticā	prācticō	prācticīs
vocative	prāctice	prāctica	prācticum	prācticī	prācticae	prāctica

Descendants

→ Catalan: pràctic
Corsican: praticu
→ Czech: praktický
→ Friulian: pratic
→ German: praktisch
- → Danish: praktisk
- → Dutch: praktisch, practisch (superseded)
  - Afrikaans: prakties
  - → Indonesian: praktis
    - → Malay: praktis
    - → Sundanese: praktis
- → Norwegian: praktisk
- → Swedish: praktisk
→ Hungarian: praktikus
→ Italian: pratico
→ Ladin: pratich
→ Lombard: pratich
→ Old French:
- → English: practic
- → Romanian: practic
→ Piedmontese: pràtich
→ Polish: praktyczny
→ Portuguese: prático
Sicilian: pràtticu
→ Spanish: práctico
- → English: practico
→ Yiddish: פּראַקטיש (praktish)
⇒ Late Latin: practico (verb)
- Medieval Latin: practizo
  - → Middle French: pratiser, practiser
    - → Middle English: practisen, practizen
      - English: practise, practice
      - Scots: practeese
⇒ Latin: practica (adjective)
- Old French: practique
  - Middle Dutch: practike
    - Dutch: praktijk, practijk (superseded)
      - Afrikaans: praktyk
      - → Indonesian: praktek → praktik
      - → West Frisian: praktyk
  - Middle French: practique
    - French: pratique
      - → English: pratique
      - → Romanian: practică
  - Norman: pratique (Jersey)
- → Alemannic German: Prattig
- → Polish: praktyka
- Sicilian: pràttica
⇒ Latin: practicum (noun)
- → Dutch: practicum
  - → Indonesian: praktikum
- → English: practicum
- → German: practicum

References

“practicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"practicus", 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)
“practicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
practicus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016