† hydrōpĭcus, a, um, adj., = ὑδρωπικός, dropsical: si nolis sanus, curres hydropicus, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 34. Plur. subst.: hydropici, ōrum, m., dropsical persons, Plin. 20, 1, 3, § 8 (o short in Aemil. Mac. de Allio.).