morbus gallicus

Latin

Etymology

Compound of morbus (“disease”) +‎ gallicus (“Gallic, French”). Attested from the 16th century. Compare English French pox (“syphilis”).

Noun

morbus gallicus m sg (genitive morbī gallicī); second declension

1. (New Latin) syphilis
   • c. 1498, Gaspar Torrella, Tractatus cum consiliis contra pudendagram seu morbum gallicum, →OCLC:

     Tractatus cum consiliis contra pudendagram seu morbum gallicum

     Plans to deal with venereal disease or syphilis

   • 1830 [1530], Girolamo Fracastoro, edited by Ludwig Choulant, Hieronymi Fracastori Syphilis sive Morbus gallicus‎^[1], page 14:

     Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus.

     Syphilis, or the French disease

Declension

• Second-declension noun with a second-declension adjective, singular only.

	singular
nominative	morbus gallicus
genitive	morbī gallicī
dative	morbō gallicō
accusative	morbum gallicum
ablative	morbō gallicō
vocative	morbe gallice