psychicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψῡχικός (psūkhikós). By surface analysis, psȳchē +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpsyː.kʰi.kus/, [ˈps̠yːkʰɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.ki.kus/, [ˈpsiːkikus]

Adjective

psȳchicus (feminine psȳchica, neuter psȳchicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. animal
2. carnal
3. psychic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	psȳchicus	psȳchica	psȳchicum		psȳchicī	psȳchicae	psȳchica
genitive	psȳchicī	psȳchicae	psȳchicī		psȳchicōrum	psȳchicārum	psȳchicōrum
dative	psȳchicō	psȳchicae	psȳchicō		psȳchicīs
accusative	psȳchicum	psȳchicam	psȳchicum		psȳchicōs	psȳchicās	psȳchica
ablative	psȳchicō	psȳchicā	psȳchicō		psȳchicīs
vocative	psȳchice	psȳchica	psȳchicum		psȳchicī	psȳchicae	psȳchica

Descendants

• → English: psychic
• → French: psychique
• → Polish: psychika
• → Romanian: psihic

References

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