pathicus

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek παθικός (pathikós, “passive”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pathicus (feminine pathica, neuter pathicum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (of men) someone submitting to sex (anal sex) or socialy unacceptable lust, pathic, lascivious; of catamites, prostitutes or books

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pathicus pathica pathicum pathicī pathicae pathica
Genitive pathicī pathicae pathicī pathicōrum pathicārum pathicōrum
Dative pathicō pathicō pathicīs
Accusative pathicum pathicam pathicum pathicōs pathicās pathica
Ablative pathicō pathicā pathicō pathicīs
Vocative pathice pathica pathicum pathicī pathicae pathica

Noun

pathicus m (genitive pathicī); second declension

  1. sodomite, a man who submits to anal sex, a bottom

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pathicus pathicī
Genitive pathicī pathicōrum
Dative pathicō pathicīs
Accusative pathicum pathicōs
Ablative pathicō pathicīs
Vocative pathice pathicī

Synonyms

References

  • “pathicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pathicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pathicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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