lobishome

Galician

Manuel Blanco Romasanta was condemned in 1853 for 9 assassination; he plead himself not guilty because of his condition of lobishome

Etymology

11th century ("Lubusome", inside a Latin text). From lubus (“wolf”) +‎ home (“man”), perhaps a calque of Germanic: compare Proto-West Germanic *werawulf. Cognate of Portuguese lobisomem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loβiˈsɔme̝/

Noun

lobishome m (plural lobishomes)

1. (folklore) a werewolf

   Synonyms: lobo da xente, licántropo

   • 1279, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 37:

     pelos casares do Outeyro e pela fonte do Lubus ome

     by the houses of Outeiro and by the fountain of the werewolf

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lubus ome”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lobishome”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lobishome”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega