hystericus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the womb, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”) from the Greek belief that hysteria was caused by a disturbance in the uterus and that it belonged exclusively to women. Compare the English hystero- (“of or pertaining to the uterus or womb”), the Latin suffix -icus and the French hystérie.

Adjective

hystericus (feminine hysterica, neuter hystericum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hysterical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hystericus	hysterica	hystericum		hystericī	hystericae	hysterica
genitive	hystericī	hystericae	hystericī		hystericōrum	hystericārum	hystericōrum
dative	hystericō	hystericae	hystericō		hystericīs
accusative	hystericum	hystericam	hystericum		hystericōs	hystericās	hysterica
ablative	hystericō	hystericā	hystericō		hystericīs
vocative	hysterice	hysterica	hystericum		hystericī	hystericae	hysterica

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: histèric (learned)
• → Dutch: hysterisch
• → English: hysteric, hysterical
• → French: hystérique (learned)
• → German: hysterisch
• → Hungarian: hisztérikus
• → Italian: isterico
• → Polish: histeryk
• → Portuguese: histérico (learned)
• → Romanian: isteric (learned)
• → Spanish: histérico (learned)
• → Swedish: hysterika

References

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