ophthalmicus
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμῐκός (ophthalmikós, “of or for the eyes; ophthalmic surgeon”), from ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /opʰˈtʰal.mi.kus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ofˈtal.mi.kus/,
Adjective
ophthalmicus (feminine ophthalmica, neuter ophthalmicum); first/second-declension adjective
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ophthalmicus | ophthalmica | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicae | ophthalmica | |
| Genitive | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicae | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicōrum | ophthalmicārum | ophthalmicōrum | |
| Dative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs | ||||
| Accusative | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicam | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicōs | ophthalmicās | ophthalmica | |
| Ablative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicā | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs | |||
| Vocative | ophthalmice | ophthalmica | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicae | ophthalmica | |
Related terms
Noun
ophthalmicus m (genitive ophthalmicī); second declension
- (post-Augustan, medicine) an oculist
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ophthalmicus | ophthalmicī |
| Genitive | ophthalmicī | ophthalmicōrum |
| Dative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs |
| Accusative | ophthalmicum | ophthalmicōs |
| Ablative | ophthalmicō | ophthalmicīs |
| Vocative | ophthalmice | ophthalmicī |
References
- “ophthalmicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ophthalmicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.