physica

physica

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós).

Noun

physica f (genitive physicae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	physica	physicae
Genitive	physicae	physicārum
Dative	physicae	physicīs
Accusative	physicam	physicās
Ablative	physicā	physicīs
Vocative	physica	physicae

Derived terms

• astrophysica
• biophysica
• metaphysica

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) physics; natural philosophy: physica (-orum) (Or. 34. 119); philosophia naturalis
    

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Portuguese

Noun

physica f (plural physicas)

1. Obsolete spelling of física (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).

Adjective

physica

1. Obsolete spelling of física (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).