See also: Anthrax

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From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, abscess, boil).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈæn.θɹæks/
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anthrax (usually uncountable, plural anthraxes)

  1. (pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
  2. The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.

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anthrax m inan

  1. anthrax (an acute infectious bacterial disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, which can occur in humans)

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anthrax m (uncountable)

  1. anthrax

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From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax).

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anthrax m (genitive anthracis); third declension

  1. cinnabar
  2. a virulent ulcer

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative anthrax anthracēs
Genitive anthracis anthracum
Dative anthracī anthracibus
Accusative anthracem anthracēs
Ablative anthrace anthracibus
Vocative anthrax anthracēs

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  • anthrax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • anthrax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • anthrax”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers