physicus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós, “physical”, “natural”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpʰy.si.kus/, [ˈpʰʏs̠ɪkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfi.si.kus/, [ˈfiːs̬ikus]
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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | physicus | physica | physicum | physicī | physicae | physica | |
| Genitive | physicī | physicae | physicī | physicōrum | physicārum | physicōrum | |
| Dative | physicō | physicō | physicīs | ||||
| Accusative | physicum | physicam | physicum | physicōs | physicās | physica | |
| Ablative | physicō | physicā | physicō | physicīs | |||
| Vocative | physice | physica | physicum | physicī | physicae | physica | |
Related terms
- physica
Descendants
- Catalan: físic
- French: physique
- Galician: físico
- Italian: fisico
- Occitan: fisic
- Portuguese: físico
- Sicilian: fìsicu
- Spanish: físico
Noun
physicus m (genitive physicī); second declension
- physicist; naturalist
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | 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, 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