eunuchus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈnuː.kʰus/, [ɛu̯ˈnuːkʰʊs̠]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈnu.kus/, [eu̯ˈnuːkus]

Noun[edit]

eunūchus m (genitive eunūchī); second declension

eunuch

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eunūchus	eunūchī
Genitive	eunūchī	eunūchōrum
Dative	eunūchō	eunūchīs
Accusative	eunūchum	eunūchōs
Ablative	eunūchō	eunūchīs
Vocative	eunūche	eunūchī

Descendants[edit]

→ Catalan: eunuc
→ English: eunuch
→ French: eunuque
→ Galician: eunuco
→ Italian: eunuco
→ Occitan: eunuc
→ Portuguese: eunuco
→ Romanian: eunuc
→ Spanish: eunuco

References[edit]

“eunuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“eunuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
eunuchus 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)
eunuchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
“eunuchus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

eunuchus

Alternative form of eunuk

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