helluo
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin helluo (“glutton, squanderer”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɛljuːəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɛljuoʊ/
- Hyphenation: hel‧luo
Noun edit
helluo (plural helluos)
- (obsolete) A glutton, a gormandizer.
References edit
- ^ “helluo, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2008.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From helluārī + -ō (suffix forming masculine agent nouns, nicknames, and other designations);[1] helluārī is the present active infinitive of helluor (“to be a glutton, gormandize”), further etymology unknown.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhel.lu.oː/, [ˈhɛlːʲuoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈel.lu.o/, [ˈɛlːuo]
Noun edit
helluō m (genitive helluōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | helluō | helluōnēs |
| Genitive | helluōnis | helluōnum |
| Dative | helluōnī | helluōnibus |
| Accusative | helluōnem | helluōnēs |
| Ablative | helluōne | helluōnibus |
| Vocative | helluō | helluōnēs |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Compare “helluo, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2008.
- “helluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- helluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “helluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press