hepaticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heːˈpa.ti.kus/, [heːˈpät̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈpa.ti.kus/, [eˈpäːt̪ikus]

Adjective

hēpaticus (feminine hēpatica, neuter hēpaticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the liver
2. liver-colored

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēpaticus	hēpatica	hēpaticum		hēpaticī	hēpaticae	hēpatica
Genitive	hēpaticī	hēpaticae	hēpaticī		hēpaticōrum	hēpaticārum	hēpaticōrum
Dative	hēpaticō		hēpaticō		hēpaticīs
Accusative	hēpaticum	hēpaticam	hēpaticum		hēpaticōs	hēpaticās	hēpatica
Ablative	hēpaticō	hēpaticā	hēpaticō		hēpaticīs
Vocative	hēpatice	hēpatica	hēpaticum		hēpaticī	hēpaticae	hēpatica

Synonyms

• (of the liver): hēpatārius
• (liver-colored): hēpatītis, hēpatīzon

Related terms

• hēpar
• hēpatārius
• hēpatītis
• hēpatīzon

Descendants

• English: hepatic
• Spanish: hepático

References

• “hepaticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hepaticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.