phthisicus
Latin
Alternative forms
- pthisicus, tisicus
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpʰtʰi.si.kus/, [ˈpʰtʰɪ.sɪ.kʊs]
Adjective
phthisicus (feminine phthisica, neuter phthisicum); first/second declension
- consumptive, phthisical (suffering from consumption or phthisis)
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | phthisicus | phthisica | phthisicum | phthisicī | phthisicae | phthisica | |
| Genitive | phthisicī | phthisicae | phthisicī | phthisicōrum | phthisicārum | phthisicōrum | |
| Dative | phthisicō | phthisicae | phthisicō | phthisicīs | phthisicīs | phthisicīs | |
| Accusative | phthisicum | phthisicam | phthisicum | phthisicōs | phthisicās | phthisica | |
| Ablative | phthisicō | phthisicā | phthisicō | phthisicīs | phthisicīs | phthisicīs | |
| Vocative | phthisice | phthisica | phthisicum | phthisicī | phthisicae | phthisica | |
Descendants
- Catalan: tísic
- English: phthisical
- Italian: tisico
- Old French: tisique
- Middle French: tisique, thisique, tesicque, ptisique
- possibly Old Occitan: tezic, tesic
- Portuguese: tísico
- Spanish: tísico
Noun
phthisicus m (genitive phthisicī); second declension
- a consumptive, a phthisic or phthisical (one suffering from consumption or phthisis)
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | phthisicus | phthisicī |
| Genitive | phthisicī | phthisicōrum |
| Dative | phthisicō | phthisicīs |
| Accusative | phthisicum | phthisicōs |
| Ablative | phthisicō | phthisicīs |
| Vocative | phthisice | phthisicī |
Synonyms
- (a consumptive, phthisic, phthisical): phthuicus
Descendants
- Anglo-Norman: tysike, tisik, tysic
- Middle English: tisike
- Catalan: tísic
- ?Italian: tisico
- ?Middle Dutch: tisike
- Middle French: ptisique
- Old French: tisique, thisique
- Portuguese: tísico
- Spanish: tísico
Related terms
- phthisis
References
- phthĭsĭcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- phthĭsĭcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,177/3
- “p(h)thisicus” on page 1,376/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)