anthrax

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “abscess, boil”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæn.θɹæks/
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Noun

anthrax (usually uncountable, plural anthraxes)

  1. (pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
  2. The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.

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Czech

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Pronunciation

Noun

anthrax m inan

  1. anthrax (an acute infectious bacterial disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, which can occur in humans)

Declension

Declension of anthrax (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative anthrax anthraxy
genitive anthraxu anthraxů
dative anthraxu anthraxům
accusative anthrax anthraxy
vocative anthraxe anthraxy
locative anthraxu anthraxech
instrumental anthraxem anthraxy

French

Pronunciation

Noun

anthrax m (uncountable)

  1. anthrax

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax).

Pronunciation

Noun

anthrax m (genitive anthracis); third declension

  1. cinnabar
  2. a virulent ulcer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative anthrax anthracēs
genitive anthracis anthracum
dative anthracī anthracibus
accusative anthracem anthracēs
ablative anthrace anthracibus
vocative anthrax anthracēs

References

  • “anthrax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • anthrax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “anthrax”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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