bubones

Latin

Alternative forms

• būbō sg

Etymology

Medieval Latin; from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /buːˈboː.neːs/, [buːˈboːneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /buˈbo.nes/, [buˈbɔːnes]

Noun

būbōnēs m pl (genitive būbōnum); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin, plural only) buboes; inflamed swellings of the lymph nodes.

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	būbōnēs
Genitive	būbōnum
Dative	būbōnibus
Accusative	būbōnēs
Ablative	būbōnibus
Vocative	būbōnēs

Derived terms

• būbōnicus

Related terms

• būbōnium

Descendants

• Catalan: bubó
• English: bubo

References

• bubones 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)

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Spanish

Noun

bubones m pl

1. plural of bubón