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Italian
Verb
vermina
- inflection of verminare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
On the surface appears to be the same root as vermis (“worm”) + -men, but de Vaan believes this is a folk-etymological association and that it derives from the root of vergō (“to turn”), pointing to Proto-Italic *wergmen.[1] (Note the parallel historical semantics of tormina).
Pronunciation
Noun
vermina n pl (genitive verminum); third declension
- the gripes, bellyache, stomachache
- Synonym: tormina
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), plural only.
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vergō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 665
- vermina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- vermina in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “vermina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese
Noun
vermina f (plural verminas)
- vermin (creatures, people or thing that cause harm and annoyance)