emeticus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐμετῐκός (emetikós, “provoking sickness”), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomiting”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈme.ti.kus/, [ɛˈmɛt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈme.ti.kus/, [eˈmɛːt̪ikus]

Adjective

emeticus (feminine emetica, neuter emeticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. emetic, turning the stomach

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Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	emeticus	emetica	emeticum		emeticī	emeticae	emetica
Genitive	emeticī	emeticae	emeticī		emeticōrum	emeticārum	emeticōrum
Dative	emeticō		emeticō		emeticīs
Accusative	emeticum	emeticam	emeticum		emeticōs	emeticās	emetica
Ablative	emeticō	emeticā	emeticō		emeticīs
Vocative	emetice	emetica	emeticum		emeticī	emeticae	emetica

Derived terms

• emetica (noun)

Descendants

• → English: emetic

References

• “emeticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press