physica

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós).

Noun

physica f (genitive physicae); first declension

  1. natural sciences; natural philosophy
  2. (New Latin) physics

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative physica physicae
Genitive physicae physicārum
Dative physicae physicīs
Accusative physicam physicās
Ablative physicā physicīs
Vocative physica physicae

Derived terms

Adjective

physica

  1. nominative feminine singular of physicus
  2. nominative neuter plural of physicus
  3. accusative neuter plural of physicus
  4. vocative feminine singular of physicus
  5. vocative neuter plural of physicus

physicā

  1. ablative feminine singular of physicus

References
  • physica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • physica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • physica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • physica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) physics; natural philosophy: physica (-orum) (Or. 34. 119); philosophia naturalis

Portuguese

Noun

physica f (plural physicas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of física (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

Adjective

physica

  1. Obsolete spelling of física (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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