physicus

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Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti
Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Hellenic *-tis
Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Hellenic *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós)der.
Latin physicus

    Derived 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.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative physicus physica physicum physicī physicae physica
    genitive physicī physicae physicī physicōrum physicārum physicōrum
    dative physicō physicae physicō physicīs
    accusative physicum physicam physicum physicōs physicās physica
    ablative physicō physicā physicō physicīs
    vocative physice physica physicum physicī physicae physica

    Descendants

    • Catalan: físic
    • → Middle English: phisik
    • 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.

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