pneumaticus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πνευμᾰτῐκός (pneumatikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pneu̯ˈma.ti.kus/, [pnɛu̯ˈmät̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pneu̯ˈma.ti.kus/, [pneu̯ˈmäːt̪ikus]

Adjective

pneumaticus (feminine pneumatica, neuter pneumaticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) wind
2. pneumatic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pneumaticus	pneumatica	pneumaticum		pneumaticī	pneumaticae	pneumatica
Genitive	pneumaticī	pneumaticae	pneumaticī		pneumaticōrum	pneumaticārum	pneumaticōrum
Dative	pneumaticō		pneumaticō		pneumaticīs
Accusative	pneumaticum	pneumaticam	pneumaticum		pneumaticōs	pneumaticās	pneumatica
Ablative	pneumaticō	pneumaticā	pneumaticō		pneumaticīs
Vocative	pneumatice	pneumatica	pneumaticum		pneumaticī	pneumaticae	pneumatica

Descendants

• Catalan: pneumàtic
• English: pneumatic
• French: pneumatique
  • → English: pneumatique
  • → Portuguese: pneumático
• Galician: pneumático
• Italian: pneumatico
• Romanian: pneumatic
• Spanish: neumático

References

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