Physicus, pen, cor. Adiectiuum. Naturall: that appectayneth to naturali causes.Physica physicæ, f. g. pe. cor. Ci. The science of things natural.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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.
