adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
pathicus1
pathicus (feminine pathica, neuter pathicum)
Classical[ˈpa.tʰɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaː.ti.kus]
Meaning
- adjectivevulgarsomeone submitting to sex (anal sex) or socially unacceptable lust, pathic, lascivious; of catamites, prostitutes or books
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pathicus | pathica | pathicum |
| genitive | pathicī | pathicae | pathicī |
| dative | pathicō | pathicae | pathicō |
| accusative | pathicum | pathicam | pathicum |
| ablative | pathicō | pathicā | pathicō |
| vocative | pathice | pathica | pathicum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pathicī | pathicae | pathica |
| genitive | pathicōrum | pathicārum | pathicōrum |
| dative | pathicīs | pathicīs | pathicīs |
| accusative | pathicōs | pathicās | pathica |
| ablative | pathicīs | pathicīs | pathicīs |
| vocative | pathicī | pathicae | pathica |
păthĭcus, a, um, adj., = παθικός,
I. who submits to unnatural lust, pathic; of men:
Aureli pathice et cinaede Furi, Cat. 16, 2; Juv. 2, 99: amicus, id. 9, 130; of women, Auct. Priap. 25, 41 and 76.—Sup.: pathicissimi libelli, most lascivious, Mart. 12, 96, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pathicus adj.
, πατηικός, submitting to lust, Ct., Iu.
Origins
From the Ancient Greek παθικός (pathikós, “passive”).