livedo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin livedo.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

Noun

livedo (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A form of skin discoloration.

Derived terms

• livedoid
• livedo reticularis
• livedo racemosa

Anagrams

• olived, violed

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

livedo m (uncountable)

1. livedo

Latin

Etymology

līveō (“I am bluish”) +‎ -ēdō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [liːˈweː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [liˈvɛː.d̪o]

Noun

līvēdō f (genitive līvēdinis); third declension

1. blueness, lividness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	līvēdō	līvēdinēs
genitive	līvēdinis	līvēdinum
dative	līvēdinī	līvēdinibus
accusative	līvēdinem	līvēdinēs
ablative	līvēdine	līvēdinibus
vocative	līvēdō	līvēdinēs

References

• “livedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• livedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.