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

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

physica

  1. inflection of physicus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of física.

Adjective

physica

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of física.
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