phlebotomus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φλεβότομος (phlebótomos, “opening veins”), from φλέψ (phléps, “blood vessel”) +‎ τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

phlebotomus m (genitive phlebotomī); second declension

  1. Lancet, fleam.

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative phlebotomus phlebotomī
genitive phlebotomī phlebotomōrum
dative phlebotomō phlebotomīs
accusative phlebotomum phlebotomōs
ablative phlebotomō phlebotomīs
vocative phlebotome phlebotomī

Descendants

  • Old French: flieme
  • Occitan: flecme
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *flētimā (see there for further descendants)

References

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