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

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	physica	physicae
Genitive	physicae	physicārum
Dative	physicae	physicīs
Accusative	physicam	physicās
Ablative	physicā	physicīs
Vocative	physica	physicae

Derived terms

• astrophysica
• biophysica
• metaphysica

Descendants

Descendants of physica

• → Catalan: física (learned)
• → Danish: fysik
• → English: physic
• → English: physics, physicks (obsolete)
  • → Welsh: ffiseg
• → French: physique (learned)
• → Galician: física (learned)
• → German: Physik
• → Hebrew: פִיזִיקָה (fiziká)
• → Hungarian: fizika
• → Italian: fisica (learned)
• → Latvian: fizika
• → Lithuanian: fizika
• → Occitan: fisica (learned)
• → Polish: fizyka
• → Portuguese: física (learned)
• → Romanian: fizică (learned)
• → Serbo-Croatian: fìzika
• → Slovene: fízika
• → Spanish: física (learned)
• → Swedish: fysik
• → Yiddish: פֿיזיק (fizik)

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^[1], 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.