Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

atticus

/ˈætɪkəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: at-ti-cus
IPA: /ˈætɪkəs/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Latin.

Example Sentences

"... yet the tradition of living on the land remained unbroken until well into the twentieth century, when my father, Atticus Finch, went to Montgomery to read law, and his younger brother went to Boston to study medicine."
"A son, Atticus Noble Stewart, was born to Tracey Williams and Joseph Stewart of Silver Spring."
"She will be dearly missed by her […] great-great-grandchildren Lunabella, Atticus and Loki, […]"

Etymology

From Latin Atticus (“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”), from Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκός (Attĭkós). Doublet of Attic.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Atticus, Ἀττῐκός

Questions

How do you pronounce atticus?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈætɪkəs/.
What does atticus mean?: A male given name from Latin.
Where does atticus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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