pathicus
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek παθικός (pathikós, “passive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.tʰi.kus/, [ˈpa.tʰɪ.kʊs]
Adjective
pathicus (feminine pathica, neuter pathicum); first/second declension
- (of men) someone submitting to sex (anal sex) or unnatural lust, pathic, lascivious; of catamites, prostitutes or books
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pathicus | pathica | pathicum | pathicī | pathicae | pathica | |
| Genitive | pathicī | pathicae | pathicī | pathicōrum | pathicārum | pathicōrum | |
| Dative | pathicō | pathicae | pathicō | pathicīs | pathicīs | pathicīs | |
| Accusative | pathicum | pathicam | pathicum | pathicōs | pathicās | pathica | |
| Ablative | pathicō | pathicā | pathicō | pathicīs | pathicīs | pathicīs | |
| Vocative | pathice | pathica | pathicum | pathicī | pathicae | pathica | |
Noun
pathicus m (genitive pathicī); second declension
- sodomite, a person who submits to anal sex
Synonyms
- catamitus
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pathicus | pathicī |
| Genitive | pathicī | pathicōrum |
| Dative | pathicō | pathicīs |
| Accusative | pathicum | pathicōs |
| Ablative | pathicō | pathicīs |
| Vocative | pathice | pathicī |
References
- pathicus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pathicus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pathicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette