tinea

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See also: Tinea and ținea

English

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Etymology

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From Latin tinea (moth; bookworm).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪ.ni.ə/, /ˈtɪ.ni.ɚ/

Noun

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tinea (countable and uncountable, plural tineas or tineae)

  1. (pathology) A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 6:
      Her knees were ingrained with dirt, her toes raw with tinea, her fingernails black and broken.

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Derived terms

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caused by dermatophytes
of other causes

Translations

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂w- (to melt).

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Noun

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tinea f (genitive tineae); first declension

  1. a destructive insect larva that attacks household items such as books or clothing; larva, maggot, caterpillar

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tinea tineae
Genitive tineae tineārum
Dative tineae tineīs
Accusative tineam tineās
Ablative tineā tineīs
Vocative tinea tineae

Descendants

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  • Albanian: tenjë
  • Catalan: tinya
  • English: tinea
  • French: teigne
  • Galician: tiña
  • Italian: tigna
  • Portuguese: tinha
  • Spanish: tiña

References

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  • tinea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tinea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tinea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tinea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.