ophthalmicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμῐκός (ophthalmikós, “of or for the eyes; ophthalmic surgeon”), from ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /opʰˈtʰal.mi.kus/, [ɔpʰˈt̪ʰäɫ̪mɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ofˈtal.mi.kus/, [ofˈt̪älmikus]

Adjective

ophthalmicus (feminine ophthalmica, neuter ophthalmicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (medicine) ophthalmic

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ophthalmicus	ophthalmica	ophthalmicum		ophthalmicī	ophthalmicae	ophthalmica
Genitive	ophthalmicī	ophthalmicae	ophthalmicī		ophthalmicōrum	ophthalmicārum	ophthalmicōrum
Dative	ophthalmicō		ophthalmicō		ophthalmicīs
Accusative	ophthalmicum	ophthalmicam	ophthalmicum		ophthalmicōs	ophthalmicās	ophthalmica
Ablative	ophthalmicō	ophthalmicā	ophthalmicō		ophthalmicīs
Vocative	ophthalmice	ophthalmica	ophthalmicum		ophthalmicī	ophthalmicae	ophthalmica

Related terms

• ophthalmia
• ophthalmias

Noun

ophthalmicus m (genitive ophthalmicī); second declension

1. (post-Augustan, medicine) an oculist

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ophthalmicus	ophthalmicī
Genitive	ophthalmicī	ophthalmicōrum
Dative	ophthalmicō	ophthalmicīs
Accusative	ophthalmicum	ophthalmicōs
Ablative	ophthalmicō	ophthalmicīs
Vocative	ophthalmice	ophthalmicī

References

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