emeticus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐμετῐκός (emetikós, “provoking sickness”), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomiting”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈme.ti.kus/, [ɛˈmɛt̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈme.ti.kus/, [eˈmɛːt̪ikus]
Adjective
emeticus (feminine emetica, neuter emeticum); first/second-declension adjective
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Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | emeticus | emetica | emeticum | emeticī | emeticae | emetica | |
| Genitive | emeticī | emeticae | emeticī | emeticōrum | emeticārum | emeticōrum | |
| Dative | emeticō | emeticō | emeticīs | ||||
| Accusative | emeticum | emeticam | emeticum | emeticōs | emeticās | emetica | |
| Ablative | emeticō | emeticā | emeticō | emeticīs | |||
| Vocative | emetice | emetica | emeticum | emeticī | emeticae | emetica | |
Derived terms
- emetica (noun)
Descendants
- → English: emetic
References
- “emeticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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