pathicus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pathicus, pathica -um, pathicior -or -us, pathicissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
submitting to (anal) sex; lascivious (L+S); (of catamites/prostitutes/books);
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →pathicus, pathici:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sodomite, one who submits to anal sex;
nom. sg.
Examples
Satura IX
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...poscimus, obrepit non intellecta senectus.' ne trepida, numquam pathicus tibi derit amicus stantibus et saluis his collibus; undique..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...multus homo te scindat: Naso, multus es et pathicus. CXIII. ad Gaium Helvium Cinnam Consule Pompeio primum..."
