physicus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós, “physical”, “natural”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʰy.sɪ.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfiː.s̬i.kus]
Adjective
physicus (feminine physica, neuter physicum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to natural philosophy or physics; physical, natural.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | physicus | physica | physicum | physicī | physicae | physica | |
| genitive | physicī | physicae | physicī | physicōrum | physicārum | physicōrum | |
| dative | physicō | physicae | physicō | physicīs | |||
| accusative | physicum | physicam | physicum | physicōs | physicās | physica | |
| ablative | physicō | physicā | physicō | physicīs | |||
| vocative | physice | physica | physicum | physicī | physicae | physica | |
Related terms
Descendants
Noun
physicus m (genitive physicī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | physicus | physicī |
| genitive | physicī | physicōrum |
| dative | physicō | physicīs |
| accusative | physicum | physicōs |
| ablative | physicō | physicīs |
| vocative | physice | physicī |
Descendants
- → German: Physikus
References
- “physicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “physicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- physicus 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
- (ambiguous) physics; natural philosophy: physica (-orum) (Or. 34. 119); philosophia naturalis