vertigo
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝtɪɡoʊ/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
editvertigo (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
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editsensation of whirling and loss of balance
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Anagrams
editCzech
editNoun
editvertigo n
Declension
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
edit- See verš
Further reading
edit- “vertigo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
Latin
editEtymology
editSynchronically vertō + -īgō. Diachronically, may be derived from vertex, vertic-, with the velar assimilated in oblique cases to the nasal suffix derived from Proto-Indo-European *-h₃onh₂- (e.g. genitive *wertik-nes > *wertig-nes > vertīginis).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯erˈtiː.ɡoː/, [u̯ɛrˈt̪iːɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈti.ɡo/, [verˈt̪iːɡo]
Noun
editvertīgō f (genitive vertīginis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vertīgō | vertīginēs |
Genitive | vertīginis | vertīginum |
Dative | vertīginī | vertīginibus |
Accusative | vertīginem | vertīginēs |
Ablative | vertīgine | vertīginibus |
Vocative | vertīgō | vertīginēs |
Derived terms
editDescendants
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.
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wert-
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- English terms with audio links
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- English uncountable nouns
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- Czech lemmas
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wert-
- Latin terms suffixed with -igo (noun)
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the third declension
- Latin feminine nouns