ophthalmicus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμῐκός (ophthalmikós, “of or for the eyes; ophthalmic surgeon”), from ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /opʰˈtʰal.mi.kus/, [ɔpʰˈt̪ʰäɫ̪mɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ofˈtal.mi.kus/, [ofˈt̪älmikus]
Adjective edit
ophthalmicus (feminine ophthalmica, neuter ophthalmicum); first/second-declension adjective
Inflection edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ophthalmicus | ophthalmica | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicae | ophthalmica | |
| Genitive | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicae | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicōrum | ophthalmicārum | ophthalmicōrum | |
| Dative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs | ||||
| Accusative | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicam | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicōs | ophthalmicās | ophthalmica | |
| Ablative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicā | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs | |||
| Vocative | ophthalmice | ophthalmica | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicae | ophthalmica | |
Related terms edit
Noun edit
ophthalmicus m (genitive ophthalmicī); second declension
- (post-Augustan, medicine) an oculist
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ophthalmicus | ophthalmicī |
| Genitive | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicōrum |
| Dative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs |
| Accusative | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicōs |
| Ablative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs |
| Vocative | ophthalmice | ophthalmicī |
References edit
- “ophthalmicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ophthalmicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.