adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
lymphāticus
lymphāticus (feminine lymphātica, neuter lymphāticum)
Classical[lymˈpʰaː.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[limˈfaː.ti.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivedistracted
- adjectivefrantic
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lymphāticus | lymphātica | lymphāticum |
| genitive | lymphāticī | lymphāticae | lymphāticī |
| dative | lymphāticō | lymphāticae | lymphāticō |
| accusative | lymphāticum | lymphāticam | lymphāticum |
| ablative | lymphāticō | lymphāticā | lymphāticō |
| vocative | lymphātice | lymphātica | lymphāticum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lymphāticī | lymphāticae | lymphātica |
| genitive | lymphāticōrum | lymphāticārum | lymphāticōrum |
| dative | lymphāticīs | lymphāticīs | lymphāticīs |
| accusative | lymphāticōs | lymphāticās | lymphātica |
| ablative | lymphāticīs | lymphāticīs | lymphāticīs |
| vocative | lymphāticī | lymphāticae | lymphātica |
lymphātĭcus, a, um, adj. lympha; cf. hydrophobia; hence, in gen.,
I. distracted, frantic, panic-struck:
pavor, a panic, Liv. 10, 28, 10; 7, 17, 3: metus, Sen. Ep. 13, 9: somnia, Plin. 26, 8, 34, § 52: elleborum medetur melancholicis, insanientibus, lymphaticis, id. 25, 5, 24, § 60.—II. Transf.
A. Comically:
lymphatici nummi, that cannot keep quiet in one's purse, as if mad, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 135 Weise (al. lymphati).— B. lymphātĭcum, i, n., the disease of a lymphaticus, insanity:
faxo actutum constiterit lymphaticum, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 136.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lymphāticus adj.
lympha, distracted, frantic : pavor, panic , L.
Origins
Extended from lymphātus + -icus, by surface analysis, lymphō + -āticus.
Descendants
- Englishlymphatic
- Frenchlymphatique
- Italianlinfatico
- Portugueselinfático
- Spanishlinfático