hirudo

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Hirudo suĉanta

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hirūdō.

Pronunciation

Noun

hirudo (accusative singular hirudon, plural hirudoj, accusative plural hirudojn)

  1. leech

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Stifter suggests it may be related to Old Irish giritán “periwinkle”.

Pronunciation

Noun

hirūdō f (genitive hirūdinis); third declension

  1. A leech.
    Synonym: sanguisūga

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hirūdō hirūdinēs
Genitive hirūdinis hirūdinum
Dative hirūdinī hirūdinibus
Accusative hirūdinem hirūdinēs
Ablative hirūdine hirūdinibus
Vocative hirūdō hirūdinēs

Descendants

References

  • “hirudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hirudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hirudo 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)
  • hirudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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