dracunculus
See also: Dracunculus
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”).
Noun edit
dracunculus (plural dracunculi)
- A dragonet, a fish of families Calliomyidae or Draconettidae.
- A Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).
Further reading edit
- Dragonet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Filarioidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Callionymidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Dracunculus medinensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From dracō, dracōnis (“dragon”) + -culus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /draˈkun.ku.lus/, [d̪räˈkʊŋkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /draˈkun.ku.lus/, [d̪räˈkuŋkulus]
Noun edit
dracunculus m (genitive dracunculī); second declension
- Diminutive of dracō: a small dragon or serpent
- a thread twisted like a serpent
- a sort of fish, dragonet
- tarragon
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dracunculus | dracunculī |
Genitive | dracunculī | dracunculōrum |
Dative | dracunculō | dracunculīs |
Accusative | dracunculum | dracunculōs |
Ablative | dracunculō | dracunculīs |
Vocative | dracuncule | dracunculī |
References edit
- “dracunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dracunculus 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)
- dracunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette