hirudo
See also: Hirudo
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hirudo (accusative singular hirudon, plural hirudoj, accusative plural hirudojn)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Stifter suggests it may be related to Old Irish giritán “periwinkle”.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hiˈruː.doː/, [hɪˈruːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈru.do/, [iˈruːd̪o]
Noun edit
hirūdō f (genitive hirūdinis); third declension
- A leech.
- Synonym: sanguisūga
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hirūdō | hirūdinēs |
| Genitive | hirūdinis | hirūdinum |
| Dative | hirūdinī | hirūdinibus |
| Accusative | hirūdinem | hirūdinēs |
| Ablative | hirūdine | hirūdinibus |
| Vocative | hirūdō | hirūdinēs |
Descendants edit
- English: hirudin, hirudinoid
- Esperanto: hirudo
- Translingual: Hirudo
- Italian: irudine
- Occitan: iruge
- Portuguese: hirudíneo
- Spanish: hirudíneo
References edit
- “hirudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hirudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hirudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hirudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.