ophthalmicus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμῐκός (ophthalmikós, “of or for the eyes; ophthalmic surgeon”), from ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /opʰˈtʰal.mi.kus/, [ɔpʰˈt̪ʰäɫ̪mɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ofˈtal.mi.kus/, [ofˈt̪älmikus]
Adjective
[edit]ophthalmicus (feminine ophthalmica, neuter ophthalmicum); first/second-declension adjective
Inflection
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ophthalmicus | ophthalmica | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicae | ophthalmica | |
Genitive | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicae | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicōrum | ophthalmicārum | ophthalmicōrum | |
Dative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs | ||||
Accusative | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicam | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicōs | ophthalmicās | ophthalmica | |
Ablative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicā | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs | |||
Vocative | ophthalmice | ophthalmica | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicae | ophthalmica |
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]ophthalmicus m (genitive ophthalmicī); second declension
- (post-Augustan, medicine) an oculist
Inflection
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ophthalmicus | ophthalmicī |
Genitive | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicōrum |
Dative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs |
Accusative | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicōs |
Ablative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs |
Vocative | ophthalmice | ophthalmicī |
References
[edit]- “ophthalmicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ophthalmicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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