furunculus

Latin

Etymology

From fūrō, fūrōnis +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fuːˈrun.ku.lus/, [fuːˈrʊŋkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fuˈrun.ku.lus/, [fuˈruŋkulus]

Noun

fūrunculus m (genitive fūrunculī); second declension

1. pilferer (petty thief)
2. pointed burning sore on the human body; a boil, furuncle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fūrunculus	fūrunculī
Genitive	fūrunculī	fūrunculōrum
Dative	fūrunculō	fūrunculīs
Accusative	fūrunculum	fūrunculōs
Ablative	fūrunculō	fūrunculīs
Vocative	fūruncule	fūrunculī

Descendants

• Aromanian: furuntsel, furnitsel
• Catalan: furóncol, floronco
• English: furuncle
• French: furoncle
• German: Furunkel

• Italian: foruncolo
• Portuguese: furúnculo, frunco, fruncho
• Romanian: furuncul, furnicel
• Russian: фурункул (furunkul)
• Spanish: furúnculo, forúnculo

References

• “furunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “furunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• furunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.