phagedaenicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαγεδαινικός (phagedainikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰa.ɡeˈdae̯.ni.kus/, [pʰäɡɛˈd̪äe̯nɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.d͡ʒeˈde.ni.kus/, [fäd͡ʒeˈd̪ɛːnikus]

Adjective

phagedaenicus (feminine phagedaenica, neuter phagedaenicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. cancerous, spreading like cancer
2. suffering from cancer

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	phagedaenicus	phagedaenica	phagedaenicum		phagedaenicī	phagedaenicae	phagedaenica
Genitive	phagedaenicī	phagedaenicae	phagedaenicī		phagedaenicōrum	phagedaenicārum	phagedaenicōrum
Dative	phagedaenicō		phagedaenicō		phagedaenicīs
Accusative	phagedaenicum	phagedaenicam	phagedaenicum		phagedaenicōs	phagedaenicās	phagedaenica
Ablative	phagedaenicō	phagedaenicā	phagedaenicō		phagedaenicīs
Vocative	phagedaenice	phagedaenica	phagedaenicum		phagedaenicī	phagedaenicae	phagedaenica

Related terms

• phagedaena

References

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