physiologia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φυσιολογία (phusiología, “natural philosophy”), from φύσις (phúsis, “nature”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”); equivalent to Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) +‎ -ologia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰy.si.oˈlo.ɡi.a/, [pʰʏs̠iɔˈɫ̪ɔɡiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.si.oˈlo.d͡ʒi.a/, [fis̬ioˈlɔːd͡ʒiä]

Noun

physiologia f (genitive physiologiae); first declension

1. natural philosophy, natural science
2. (New Latin) physiology

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	physiologia	physiologiae
Genitive	physiologiae	physiologiārum
Dative	physiologiae	physiologiīs
Accusative	physiologiam	physiologiās
Ablative	physiologiā	physiologiīs
Vocative	physiologia	physiologiae

Related terms

• physiologicus

Descendants

• → French: physiologie (learned)
  • → Czech: fyziologie
  • → Dutch: fysiologie
    • → Indonesian: fisiologi
  • → English: physiology
  • → Hungarian: fiziológia
  • → Latvian: fizioloģija
  • → Lithuanian: fiziològija
  • → Malay: fisiologi
  • → Serbo-Croatian: fiziològija
  • → Turkish: fizyoloji

References

• “physiologia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “physiologia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• physiologia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.