bubo
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubōn, “groin, swelling”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
bubo (plural buboes)
- (pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or the groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis.
- 1661, Johann Jacob Wecker, Eighteen books of the secrets of art and nature: being the summe and substance of naturall philisophy ...[1], page 42:
- If a Bubo or Carbuncle appear, set on Leeches not far from it, if it be in an ignoble part; ...
- 1661, Johann Jacob Wecker, Eighteen books of the secrets of art and nature: being the summe and substance of naturall philisophy ...[1], page 42:
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
inflamed lymph node
Esperanto [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From German Bube (“boy, knave”).
Noun [edit]
bubo (plural buboj, accusative singular bubon, accusative plural bubojn)
Latin [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Cognate with Ancient Greek βύας (buas).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
būbō (genitive būbōnis); m, third declension
Usage notes [edit]
Nearly always masculine, but used once as a feminine noun by Virgil in Aeneis IV:462:
- hinc exaudiri voces et verba vocantis
- visa viri, nox cum terras obscura teneret,
- solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo
- saepe queri et longas in fletum ducere voces;
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | būbō | būbōnēs |
| genitive | būbōnis | būbōnum |
| dative | būbōnī | būbōnibus |
| accusative | būbōnem | būbōnēs |
| ablative | būbōne | būbōnibus |
| vocative | būbō | būbōnēs |
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
Medieval Latin; from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubōn, “groin, swelling”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
būbō (genitive būbōnis); m, third declension
- (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of būbōnēs.
Etymology 3 [edit]
From būtiō (“bittern”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
bubō (present infinitive bubere)
References [edit]
- bubo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
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