albugo

English

Etymology

From Latin albūgō, from albus (“white”).

Noun

albugo (plural albugos or albugoes)

1. (dated) A leucoma.

Latin

Etymology

albus (“white”) +‎ -ūgō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈbuː.ɡoː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈbu.ɡo/,

Noun

albūgō f (genitive albūginis); third declension

1. albugo, leucoma, a disease of the eye

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• → English: albugo
• Catalan: albugínia
• Spanish: albúgine

References

• “albugo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• albugo 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)
• albugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “albūgō” on page 93/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)