theosophicus

theosophicus

Latin

Etymology

Surface analysis is theosophus +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oˈso.pʰi.kus/, [t̪ʰeɔˈs̠ɔpʰɪkʊs̠]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.oˈso.fi.kus/, [t̪eoˈs̬ɔːfikus]

Adjective

theosophicus (feminine theosophica, neuter theosophicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. theological; observant or attentive to theology.
   • c. 1509, Gozechinus Leodiensis, “Epistola ad Walcherum”, in Jacques Paul Migne, editor, Patrologia Latina, volume 143, Paris: Migne, published 1882, page column 887:

     […] ut quaeque vel legendo vel disputando perplexe intricata vel in theosophicis vel in sophisticis occurrissent, […]

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Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	theosophicus	theosophica	theosophicum		theosophicī	theosophicae	theosophica
Genitive	theosophicī	theosophicae	theosophicī		theosophicōrum	theosophicārum	theosophicōrum
Dative	theosophicō		theosophicō		theosophicīs
Accusative	theosophicum	theosophicam	theosophicum		theosophicōs	theosophicās	theosophica
Ablative	theosophicō	theosophicā	theosophicō		theosophicīs
Vocative	theosophice	theosophica	theosophicum		theosophicī	theosophicae	theosophica

References

• theosophicus 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)
• “Theosophicus”, in Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Léopold Favre, et al. editors, Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis (in Latin), volume 8, ed. nova, aucta pluribus verbis aliorum scriptorum a Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre, 1887 [1st ed. 1678]. col. 097b. →OCLC