morbus gallicus

Latin

Etymology

Compound of morbus (“disease”) +‎ gallicus (“Gallic, French”). Attested from the 16th century. Compare English French pox (“syphilis”).

Noun

morbus gallicus m sg (genitive morbī gallicī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) syphilis
    • c. 1498, Gaspar Torrella, Tractatus cum consiliis contra pudendagram seu morbum gallicum, →OCLC:
      Tractatus cum consiliis contra pudendagram seu morbum gallicum
      Plans to deal with venereal disease or syphilis
    • 1830 [1530], Girolamo Fracastoro, edited by Ludwig Choulant, Hieronymi Fracastori Syphilis sive Morbus gallicus‎, page 14:
      Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus.
      Syphilis, or the French disease

Declension
  • Second-declension noun with a second-declension adjective, singular only.
Case Singular
Nominative morbus gallicus
Genitive morbī gallicī
Dative morbō gallicō
Accusative morbum gallicum
Ablative morbō gallicō
Vocative morbe gallice
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