physicus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.si.kus/, [ˈpʰʏs̠ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.si.kus/, [ˈfiːs̬ikus]

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

Related terms

• physica

Descendants

• Catalan: físic
• → Middle English: phisik
  • English: physic
  • → Welsh: ffisig
• French: physique
  • → English: physique
  • → Persian: فیزیک (fizik)
• 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

• → German: Physikus

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