emeticus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐμετῐκός (emetĭkós, “provoking sickness”), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomiting”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛˈmɛ.tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈmɛː.ti.kus]

Adjective

emeticus (feminine emetica, neuter emeticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. emetic, turning the stomach

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Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	emeticus	emetica	emeticum		emeticī	emeticae	emetica
genitive	emeticī	emeticae	emeticī		emeticōrum	emeticārum	emeticōrum
dative	emeticō	emeticae	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