porrigo

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English

Etymology

From Latin .

Noun

porrigo (countable and uncountable, plural porrigos)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) Any of various skin diseases.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

por- (fore-) +‎ regō (direct)

Pronunciation

Verb

porrigō (present infinitive porrigere, perfect active porrēxī, supine porrēctum); third conjugation

  1. to stretch, spread out, extend
    Synonyms: extendō, distendō, prōferō, prōlongō, prōtrahō, trahō, explicō, pandō
  2. to offer, hold out
    Synonyms: offerō, prōferō, sufferō, afferō, polliceor, obiciō, praebeō
Conjugation
Descendants

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

Noun

porrīgō f (genitive porrīginis); third declension

  1. dandruff, scurf
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative porrīgō porrīginēs
genitive porrīginis porrīginum
dative porrīginī porrīginibus
accusative porrīginem porrīginēs
ablative porrīgine porrīginibus
vocative porrīgō porrīginēs
Derived terms

References

  • porrigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • porrigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • porrigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to stretch northwards: porrigi ad septentriones
    • to give one's hand to some one: manum (dextram) alicui porrigere
    • to give one's right hand to some one: dextram alicui porrigere, dare