Physica, physicorum, neut. gen. Bookes entreating of naturall causes.Ne physicorum quidem ignarum oratorem esse volo.Cic.In physicis rotus est alieous Epicurus.Cic.Explicare aliquid physicum.Cic.Speculator venatorque naturæ physicus.Cic.
Physicè, pen. cor. Adu bium. Cic.Naturally.Phisiólogus physiólogi. mase gen. pen. cor. A natural Phslosopherone disputing of natural causes.
Physicus, pen, cor. Adiectiuum. Naturall: that appectayneth to naturali causes.Physica physicæ, f. g. pe. cor. Ci. The science of things natural.
phsĭcus (scanned phsĭcus, Sid. Carm. 15, 101), a, um, adj., = fusiko/s, of or belonging to natural philosophy or physics, natural, physical: quiddam physicum,
something relating to physics
, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122: ratio, id. N. D. 2, 21, 54: homines,
naturalists
, Marc. Emp. Carm. Med. 19.— II.Subst.A. phsĭcus, i, m., a natural philosopher, naturalist: ut ait physicus Anaxagoras, Varr. R. R. 1, 40: Democritus, id. ib. 1, 1, 8: non pudet igitur physicum, id est speculatorem venatoremque naturae, petere, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83; id. Rep. 5, 3, 5.—Plur., Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42; id. Ac. 2, 5, 14.—B. phsĭca, ōrum, n., physics: physicorum ignarus, Cic. Or. 34, 119: in physicis alienus,
not versed in
, id. Fin. 1, 6, 17.—Hence, adv.: phsĭcē, in the manner of naturalists, physically: dicere, Cic. N. D. 3, 7, 18.
