physiologia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φυσιολογία (phusiología, “natural philosophy”), from φύσις (phúsis, “nature”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”); equivalent to φύσις +‎ -ologia.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰy.si.oˈlo.ɡi.a/, [pʰʏ.si.ɔˈɫɔ.ɡi.a]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.si.oˈlo.d͡ʒi.a/, [fi.si.oˈloː.d͡ʒi.a]

Noun

physiologia f (genitive physiologiae); first declension

physiology

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	physiologia	physiologiae
Genitive	physiologiae	physiologiārum
Dative	physiologiae	physiologiīs
Accusative	physiologiam	physiologiās
Ablative	physiologiā	physiologiīs
Vocative	physiologia	physiologiae

Related terms

physiologicus

References

physiologia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
physiologia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
physiologia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette