paralyticus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραλυτικός (paralutikós, “paralyzed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈly.ti.kus/, [päräˈlʲʏt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈli.ti.kus/, [päräˈliːt̪ikus]

Adjective

paralyticus (feminine paralytica, neuter paralyticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. paralyzed, paralytic
2. palsied

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	paralyticus	paralytica	paralyticum		paralyticī	paralyticae	paralytica
Genitive	paralyticī	paralyticae	paralyticī		paralyticōrum	paralyticārum	paralyticōrum
Dative	paralyticō		paralyticō		paralyticīs
Accusative	paralyticum	paralyticam	paralyticum		paralyticōs	paralyticās	paralytica
Ablative	paralyticō	paralyticā	paralyticō		paralyticīs
Vocative	paralytice	paralytica	paralyticum		paralyticī	paralyticae	paralytica

Descendants

• → French: paralytique
  • → English: paralytic
• → Portuguese: paralítico
  • → Tetum: paralítiku
• → Spanish: paralítico

References

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