pathicus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek παθικός (pathikós, “passive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tʰi.kus/, [ˈpät̪ʰɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ti.kus/, [ˈpäːt̪ikus]

Adjective

pathicus (feminine pathica, neuter pathicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (of men) someone submitting to sex (anal sex) or socialy unacceptable lust, pathic, lascivious; of catamites, prostitutes or books

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pathicus	pathica	pathicum		pathicī	pathicae	pathica
Genitive	pathicī	pathicae	pathicī		pathicōrum	pathicārum	pathicōrum
Dative	pathicō		pathicō		pathicīs
Accusative	pathicum	pathicam	pathicum		pathicōs	pathicās	pathica
Ablative	pathicō	pathicā	pathicō		pathicīs
Vocative	pathice	pathica	pathicum		pathicī	pathicae	pathica

Noun

pathicus m (genitive pathicī); second declension

1. sodomite, a man who submits to anal sex, a bottom
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 16.1–2:

     Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo / Aureli pathice et cinaede Furi.

     I will sodomize you and facefuck you, / bottom Aurelius and catamite Furius

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pathicus	pathicī
Genitive	pathicī	pathicōrum
Dative	pathicō	pathicīs
Accusative	pathicum	pathicōs
Ablative	pathicō	pathicīs
Vocative	pathice	pathicī

Synonyms

• catamītus

References

• “pathicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pathicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pathicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.