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/, [ˈpärːɪkʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ri.kus/, [ˈpärːikus]

Noun

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

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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, parc, parck, perke, paric
  - English: park
  - Yola: park
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: E. J. Brill, page 766
parricus 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)

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