catharticus

Latin

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈtʰar.ti.kus/, [käˈt̪ʰärt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈtar.ti.kus/, [käˈt̪ärt̪ikus]

Adjective

catharticus (feminine cathartica, neuter catharticum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. purgative

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	catharticus	cathartica	catharticum		catharticī	catharticae	cathartica
genitive	catharticī	catharticae	catharticī		catharticōrum	catharticārum	catharticōrum
dative	catharticō	catharticae	catharticō		catharticīs
accusative	catharticum	catharticam	catharticum		catharticōs	catharticās	cathartica
ablative	catharticō	catharticā	catharticō		catharticīs
vocative	cathartice	cathartica	catharticum		catharticī	catharticae	cathartica

Descendants

• → English: cathartic (learned)
• → French: cathartique (learned)
  • → Romanian: cathartic
• → German: kathartisch (learned)
  • → Hungarian: katartikus
• → Italian: catartico (learned)
• → Portuguese: catártico (learned)
• → Spanish: catártico (learned)