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sanguisuga

See also: Sanguisuga

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin sanguisūga.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /san.ɡwiˈzu.ɡa/, /san.ɡwiˈsu.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Hyphenation: san‧gui‧sù‧ga

Noun edit

sanguisuga f (plural sanguisughe)

  1. leech

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

Literally, “a bloodsucker”, from sanguis (“blood”) + sūgō (“suck”).

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Noun edit

sanguisūga f (genitive sanguisūgae); first declension

  1. a leech
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.30.15:
      sanguisūgae duae sunt fīliae dīcentēs adfer adfer
      The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
  2. a vampire

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sanguisūga sanguisūgae
Genitive sanguisūgae sanguisūgārum
Dative sanguisūgae sanguisūgīs
Accusative sanguisūgam sanguisūgās
Ablative sanguisūgā sanguisūgīs
Vocative sanguisūga sanguisūgae

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