chronicus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

chrŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., = χρονικός,

pertaining to time : libri, chronicles , Gell. 17, 21, 1; so also absol. : chrŏnĭca , ōrum, n., = τὰ χρονικά, Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58; Gell. 17, 4, 5; 17, 15, 1; and in sing.: in primo chronico, id. 17, 21, 3: morbi, chronic , lingering , Isid. Orig. 4, 7; opp. acuti morbi.— Hence the work of Caelius Aurelianus is entitled De morbis acutis et chronicis.