physica

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin physica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.zi.ka/
  • Rhymes: -izika
  • Hyphenation: phy‧si‧ca

Noun

physica (uncountable)

  1. physics

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῠσῐκή (phŭsĭkḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

physica f (genitive physicae); first declension

  1. natural sciences; natural philosophy
  2. (New Latin) physics

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative physica physicae
genitive physicae physicārum
dative physicae physicīs
accusative physicam physicās
ablative physicā physicīs
vocative physica physicae

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

physica

  1. inflection of physicus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

physicā

  1. ablative feminine singular of physicus

References

  • physica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • physica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "physica", 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)
  • physica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) physics; natural philosophy: physica (-orum) (Or. 34. 119); philosophia naturalis

Portuguese

Noun

physica f (plural physicas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of física.

Adjective

physica

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of física.