kaTika · masculine · kathika 1
Kathika (adjective) (—°) [from kathā, cf. Sanskrit kathaka] relating, speaking, conversing about, expounding, in compounds citta° Thig 449 (cf. citra-kathin); (a) tiracchāna° A IV 153; dhamma° Ja I 148; III 342; IV 2 (°Thera); VI 255 (mahā°); as noun a preacher, speaker, expounder A III 174; Mhv 14, 64 (mahā°).
kathika ( m. , = Skt. Lex. id. ; Pali id. only at end of cpds. , chiefly in dhammakathika = BHS dharmakathika , q.v. ), speaker, expounder : RP 28.7 ( vs ) bahuśrutaḥ kathika-śreṣṭhaḥ.
a speaker; an expounder
(adj, adj, in comps, from kathā) who talks; speaking about Construction: √kath + ā + ika kathā + ika
(masc, masc, agent, from katheti) talker; speaker Construction: √kath + ika