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antic
ancient /anˈtik/
adjective#3193 most common
Also: antique, of antiquity
Example sentences
Acesta este un vas antic.
This is an ancient vase.
Am văzut un templu antic în Grecia.
I saw an ancient temple in Greece.
Muzeul păstrează monede antice descoperite în Dobrogea.
The museum keeps ancient coins discovered in Dobrogea.
Casa ei este plină de mobilă antică.
Her house is full of antique furniture.
Filosofii antici greci au pus bazele logicii occidentale.
The ancient Greek philosophers laid the foundations of Western logic.
Anticii credeau că soarta oamenilor era hotărâtă de zei.
The ancients believed that people's fate was decided by the gods.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | antic / antică | antici / antice |
| Genitive | antic / antice | antici / antice |
| Accusative | antic / antică | antici / antice |
| Vocative | antic / antică | antici / antice |
Word family
antichitateantiquity; an antique object
anticarantique dealer or secondhand book dealer
anticariatsecondhand bookshop or antique shop
antichizantarchaizing, styled after antiquity
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "antic" from French "antique", which itself comes from Latin "antiquus", meaning old or former. The Latin word is built on "ante", meaning before. The word entered Romanian during the nineteenth century as part of a wave of French and Latin-based vocabulary that modernized the language.
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