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phthisicus

phthisicus

Latin

Alternative forms

pthisicus, tisicus

Adjective

phthisicus m ‎(feminine phthisica, neuter phthisicum); first/second declension

consumptive, phthisical (suffering from consumption or phthisis)

Declension

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	phthisicus	phthisica	phthisicum		phthisicī	phthisicae	phthisica
genitive	phthisicī	phthisicae	phthisicī		phthisicōrum	phthisicārum	phthisicōrum
dative	phthisicō	phthisicae	phthisicō		phthisicīs
accusative	phthisicum	phthisicam	phthisicum		phthisicōs	phthisicās	phthisica
ablative	phthisicō	phthisicā	phthisicō		phthisicīs
vocative	phthisice	phthisica	phthisicum		phthisicī	phthisicae	phthisica

Descendants

Catalan: tísic
English: phthisical
Italian: tisico
Old French: tisique
- Middle French: tisique, thisique, tesicque, ptisique
- ?Old Provençal: tezic, tesic
Portuguese: tísico
Spanish: tísico

Noun

phthisicus m ‎(genitive phthisicī); second declension

a consumptive, a phthisic or phthisical (one suffering from consumption or phthisis)

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	phthisicus	phthisicī
genitive	phthisicī	phthisicōrum
dative	phthisicō	phthisicīs
accusative	phthisicum	phthisicōs
ablative	phthisicō	phthisicīs
vocative	phthisice	phthisicī

Synonyms

(a consumptive, phthisic, phthisical): phthuicus

Descendants

Anglo-Norman: tysike, tisik, tysic
- Middle English: tisike
Catalan: tísic
?Italian: tisico
?Middle Dutch: tisike
Middle French: ptisique
Old French: tisique, thisique
Portuguese: tísico
Spanish: tísico

Related terms

phthisis

References

phthĭsĭcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “phthĭsĭcus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,177/3.
“p(h)thisicus” on page 1,376/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)