ustilago
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See also: Ustilago
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
ustilago (plural ustilagos or ustilagoes)
- Any of the genus Ustilago of smut fungi parasitic on grasses.
- 1859, The Farmer's Magazine, page 524:
- It was generally believed, before the experiments made by M. Kuhn, but without any foundation, and upon simple conjecture, that the seminules or spores of the ustilagoes and uredoes of the cereals penetrate by the radicles of the plant in order to arrive, creeping by degrees, to the leaves and seeds of those vegetables.
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Latin
Etymology
From ustus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /us.tiˈlaː.ɡoː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /us.tiˈla.ɡo/,
Noun
ustilāgō f (genitive ustilāginis); third declension
- A kind of wild thistle
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ustilāgō | ustilāginēs |
| genitive | ustilāginis | ustilāginum |
| dative | ustilāginī | ustilāginibus |
| accusative | ustilāginem | ustilāginēs |
| ablative | ustilāgine | ustilāginibus |
| vocative | ustilāgō | ustilāginēs |
References
- “ustilago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ustilago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.