bechicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βηχικός (bēkhikós), from βήξ (bḗx, “cough”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.kʰi.kus/, [ˈbeːkʰɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ki.kus/, [ˈbɛːkikus]

Adjective

bēchicus (feminine bēchica, neuter bēchicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or for a cough (especially of medicine)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bēchicus	bēchica	bēchicum		bēchicī	bēchicae	bēchica
genitive	bēchicī	bēchicae	bēchicī		bēchicōrum	bēchicārum	bēchicōrum
dative	bēchicō	bēchicae	bēchicō		bēchicīs
accusative	bēchicum	bēchicam	bēchicum		bēchicōs	bēchicās	bēchica
ablative	bēchicō	bēchicā	bēchicō		bēchicīs
vocative	bēchice	bēchica	bēchicum		bēchicī	bēchicae	bēchica

Descendants

• → Catalan: bèquic
• → Italian: bechico

References

• “bechicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bechicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.