vertigo
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝtɪɡoʊ/
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Noun edit
vertigo (countable and uncountable, plural vertigos or vertigoes)
- A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
- A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
- The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
- A snail of the genus Vertigo.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
sensation of whirling and loss of balance
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Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Noun edit
vertigo n
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms edit
- See verš
Further reading edit
- vertigo in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From an earlier unattested *verticō, from vertex (“whirlwind, top”) + -ō, later reanalyzed as vertō (“to spin”) + -īgō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯erˈtiː.ɡoː/, [u̯ɛrˈt̪iːɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈti.ɡo/, [verˈt̪iːɡo]
Noun edit
vertīgō f (genitive vertīginis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vertīgō | vertīginēs |
Genitive | vertīginis | vertīginum |
Dative | vertīginī | vertīginibus |
Accusative | vertīginem | vertīginēs |
Ablative | vertīgine | vertīginibus |
Vocative | vertīgō | vertīginēs |
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Descendants edit
- Catalan: vertigen
- → English: vertigo
- Spanish: vértigo
- French: vertige
- Italian: vertigine
- Portuguese: vertigem
- → Galician: vertixe
References edit
- “vertigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vertigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vertigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.