pathicus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.tʰi.kus/, [ˈpa.tʰɪ.kʊs]

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

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 pathicae pathicō pathicīs pathicīs pathicīs
Accusative pathicum pathicam pathicum pathicōs pathicās pathica
Ablative pathicō pathicā pathicō pathicīs pathicīs pathicīs
Vocative pathice pathica pathicum pathicī pathicae pathica

Noun

pathicus m (genitive pathicī); second declension

  1. sodomite, a person who submits to anal sex

Synonyms

Inflection

Second declension.

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

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
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