tussis
See also: Tussis
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
tussis (uncountable)
- A cough.
- 1902, Robert M. Tooker, “The Homœopathic Treatment of Whooping Cough”, in The North American Journal of Homeopathy, volume 50, page 48:
- In cachectic subjects, or in a strumous child the victim is never safe when the diathesis is reinforced by any contagion which further undermines a constitution built on sand. Even in such cases the force of the tussis attack can be rendered less forceful by judicious treatment and proper care.
- 1971, Edward Wagenknecht, James Russell Lowell; Portrait of a Many-sided Man, page 224:
- Except of my coffin, / For what can I else with this horrible tussis?
- 2010, Karen Bowden-Cox, Honorable Passage: Repaying Evil With..., page 156:
- As George whittled the lengthy wood, his tussis nearly cured, he found himself surrounded by curious lads and lasses.
Translations edit
cough — see cough
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Verb edit
tussis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *tussis, from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). The unexpected lack of vowel lengthening of the u and the consonant gemination of the s in the Proto-Italic form may be from onomatopoeic influence.[1] Cognate with Old English aþytan (“to expel”), Old Norse aþiota (“to expel”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtus.sis/, [ˈt̪ʊs̠ːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtus.sis/, [ˈt̪usːis]
Noun edit
tussis f (genitive tussis); third declension
Usage notes edit
In the plural, tussēs indicates a severe cough.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tussis | tussēs |
| Genitive | tussis | tussium |
| Dative | tussī | tussibus |
| Accusative | tussim | tussēs tussīs |
| Ablative | tussī | tussibus |
| Vocative | tussis | tussēs |
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References edit
- “tussis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tussis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tussis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 635
- ^ Wood, Indo-European Ax: Axi: Axu: A Study in Ablaut and in Word Formation, p. 59