helluo
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin helluo (“glutton, squanderer”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɛljuːəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɛljuoʊ/
- Hyphenation: hel‧luo
Noun
helluo (plural helluos)
- (obsolete) A glutton, a gormandizer.
References
- ^ “helluo, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2008.
Latin
Etymology
From helluārī + -ō (suffix forming masculine agent nouns, nicknames, and other designations); helluārī is the present active infinitive of helluor (“to be a glutton, gormandize”), further etymology unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
helluō m (genitive helluōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | helluō | helluōnēs |
| Genitive | helluōnis | helluōnum |
| Dative | helluōnī | helluōnibus |
| Accusative | helluōnem | helluōnēs |
| Ablative | helluōne | helluōnibus |
| Vocative | helluō | helluōnēs |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Compare “helluo, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2008.
- “helluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- helluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “helluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press