hystericus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the womb, hysterical”), from ὑστερά (husterá, “womb”) from the Greek belief that hysteria was caused by a disturbance in the uterus and that it belonged exclusively to women. Confer the English hystero- (“of or pertaining to the uterus or womb”), the Latin suffix -icus and the French hystérie.

Adjective

hystericus (feminine hysterica, neuter hystericum); first/second declension

hysterical

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	hystericus	hysterica	hystericum	hystericī	hystericae	hysterica
Genitive	hystericī	hystericae	hystericī	hystericōrum	hystericārum	hystericōrum
Dative	hystericō	hystericae	hystericō	hystericīs	hystericīs	hystericīs
Accusative	hystericum	hystericam	hystericum	hystericōs	hystericās	hysterica
Ablative	hystericō	hystericā	hystericō	hystericīs	hystericīs	hystericīs
Vocative	hysterice	hysterica	hystericum	hystericī	hystericae	hysterica

Descendants

English: hysteric, hysteria, hysteric
Spanish: histérico

References

hystericus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
hystericus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
hystericus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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