hystericus

== Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek ῠ̔στερῐκός (hŭsterĭkós, “suffering in the womb”), from ῠ̔στέρᾱ (hŭstérā, “womb”) from the Greek belief that hysteria was caused by a disturbance in the uterus and that it belonged exclusively to women. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hysˈtɛ.rɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [isˈtɛː.ri.kus] === 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.