phthisicus

Latin

Alternative forms

• pthisicus, tisicus

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰtʰi.si.kus/, [ˈpʰt̪ʰɪs̠ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfti.si.kus/, [ˈft̪iːs̬ikus]

Adjective

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

1. consumptive, phthisical (suffering from consumption or phthisis)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	phthisicus	phthisica	phthisicum		phthisicī	phthisicae	phthisica
Genitive	phthisicī	phthisicae	phthisicī		phthisicōrum	phthisicārum	phthisicōrum
Dative	phthisicō		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
  • possibly Old Occitan: tezic, tesic
• Portuguese: tísico
• Spanish: tísico

Noun

phthisicus m (genitive phthisicī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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
• phthĭsĭcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,177/3.
• “p(h)thisicus” on page 1,376/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)