vertigo
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝtɪɡoʊ/
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Noun
vertigo (countable and uncountable, plural vertigos or vertigoes)
- A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
- A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
- The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
- A snail of the genus Vertigo.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
sensation of whirling and loss of balance
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Anagrams
Czech
Noun
vertigo n
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
- See verš
Further reading
- vertigo in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Latin
Etymology
From an earlier unattested *verticō, from vertex (“whirlwind, top”) + -ō, later reanalyzed as vertō (“to spin”) + -īgō.
Pronunciation
Noun
vertīgō f (genitive vertīginis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vertīgō | vertīginēs |
| Genitive | vertīginis | vertīginum |
| Dative | vertīginī | vertīginibus |
| Accusative | vertīginem | vertīginēs |
| Ablative | vertīgine | vertīginibus |
| Vocative | vertīgō | vertīginēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: vertigen
- → English: vertigo
- Spanish: vértigo
- French: vertige
- Italian: vertigine
- Portuguese: vertigem
- → Galician: vertixe
References
- “vertigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vertigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vertigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.