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 hysterical ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “hystericus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "hystericus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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.