parricus

Latin

Alternative forms

parracus, parrocus, parichus, parcus, parchus, parchius, pargus

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, pen”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ri.kus/, [ˈpar.rɪ.kʊs]

Noun

parricus m (genitive parricī); second declension[1][2]

(Medieval Latin) fence
(Medieval Latin) game park, cattle reserve
(Medieval Latin) fenced-in enclosure

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	parricus	parricī
Genitive	parricī	parricōrum
Dative	parricō	parricīs
Accusative	parricum	parricōs
Ablative	parricō	parricīs
Vocative	parrice	parricī

Derived terms

parcaríus

Descendants

Old French: parc, park, parke
- Middle French: parc, parque
  - French: parc (see there for further descendants)
  - ⇒ Middle French: parquet, parchet
    - French: parquet (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: parc
- → Middle English: park, parke, parc, parck
  - English: park (see there for further descendants)
Italian: parco
- → Greek: πάρκο (párko)
Old Portuguese: parco
Old Occitan: parc
- Catalan: parc
- Occitan: parc
Sardinian: parcu

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “parricus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 766
parricus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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