physicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós, “physical”, “natural”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

physicus (feminine physica, neuter physicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. 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

Descendants
  • Catalan: físic
  • French: physique
  • Galician: físico
  • Italian: fisico
  • Occitan: fisic
  • Portuguese: físico
  • Romanian: fizic
  • Sicilian: fìsicu
  • Spanish: físico

Noun

physicus m (genitive physicī); second declension

  1. 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

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
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