herpes

See also: Herpes and herpès

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin herpes, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes; literally, a creeping”), from ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɝ.piz/

Noun

herpes (plural herpeses)

1. (medicine) A viral infection, caused by and , marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.

Synonyms

• herpes simplex; , ,

Related terms

• herpes zoster

Translations

viral disease

• Arabic: هِرْبِس m (hirbis)
• Asturian: herpe m
• Catalan: herpes m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皰疹／疱疹 (zh) (pàozhěn), 疱疹 (zh) (pàozhěn)

• Czech: opar (cs) m
• Danish: herpes
• Esperanto: herpeto
• Finnish: herpes (fi)
• French: herpès (fr) m
• Galician: herpes m
• German: Herpes (de) m
• Greek: έρπης (el) m (érpis)

  Ancient: ἕρπης m (hérpēs)

• Greenlandic: herpes
• Hebrew: הֶרְפֶּס (he) m (hérpes), שַׁלְבֶּקֶת (he) f (shalbéqet)
• Japanese: 疱疹 (ja) (ほうしん, hōshin)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kashubian: òpriszczka f
• Korean: 포진 (ko) (pojin) (疱疹)
• Maori: pāpaka
• Norman: hèrpies m pl (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: herpes (no) m

  Nynorsk: herpes m

• Polish: opryszczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: herpes (pt) m or f
• Russian: ге́рпес (ru) m (gérpes), лиша́й (ru) m (lišáj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: херпес m

  Roman: herpes (sh) m

• Slovincian: òpriszcz m
• Spanish: herpes (es) m or f, herpe m or f
• Swahili: tego (sw)
• Tagalog: sakit-ahas
• Thai: เริม (th) (rəəm)

Further reading

• “herpes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “herpes”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “herpes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• -sphere, Hesper, pesher, pheers, sphere

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Czech

Noun

1. herpes

Synonyms

• opar m

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Danish

Noun

herpes

1. herpes

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Finnish

Noun

herpes

1. (pathology) herpes (common language term for herpes simplex)

Declension

Inflection of herpes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		herpes	—
genitive		herpeksen	—
partitive		herpestä	—
illative		herpekseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		herpes	—
accusative	nom.	herpes	—
	gen.	herpeksen
genitive		herpeksen	—
partitive		herpestä	—
inessive		herpeksessä	—
elative		herpeksestä	—
illative		herpekseen	—
adessive		herpeksellä	—
ablative		herpekseltä	—
allative		herpekselle	—
essive		herpeksenä	—
translative		herpekseksi	—
abessive		herpeksettä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of herpes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative herpekseni — accusative nom. herpekseni — gen. herpekseni genitive herpekseni — partitive herpestäni — inessive herpeksessäni — elative herpeksestäni — illative herpekseeni — adessive herpekselläni — ablative herpekseltäni — allative herpekselleni — essive herpeksenäni — translative herpeksekseni — abessive herpeksettäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative herpeksesi — accusative nom. herpeksesi — gen. herpeksesi genitive herpeksesi — partitive herpestäsi — inessive herpeksessäsi — elative herpeksestäsi — illative herpekseesi — adessive herpekselläsi — ablative herpekseltäsi — allative herpeksellesi — essive herpeksenäsi — translative herpekseksesi — abessive herpeksettäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative herpeksemme — accusative nom. herpeksemme — gen. herpeksemme genitive herpeksemme — partitive herpestämme — inessive herpeksessämme — elative herpeksestämme — illative herpekseemme — adessive herpeksellämme — ablative herpekseltämme — allative herpeksellemme — essive herpeksenämme — translative herpekseksemme — abessive herpeksettämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative herpeksenne — accusative nom. herpeksenne — gen. herpeksenne genitive herpeksenne — partitive herpestänne — inessive herpeksessänne — elative herpeksestänne — illative herpekseenne — adessive herpeksellänne — ablative herpekseltänne — allative herpeksellenne — essive herpeksenänne — translative herpekseksenne — abessive herpeksettänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative herpeksensä — accusative nom. herpeksensä — gen. herpeksensä genitive herpeksensä — partitive herpestään herpestänsä — inessive herpeksessään herpeksessänsä — elative herpeksestään herpeksestänsä — illative herpekseensä — adessive herpeksellään herpeksellänsä — ablative herpekseltään herpekseltänsä — allative herpekselleen herpeksellensä — essive herpeksenään herpeksenänsä — translative herpeksekseen herpekseksensä — abessive herpeksettään herpeksettänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• huuliherpes
• sukuelinherpes

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Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish herpes.

Noun

herpes

1. herpes
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

     Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.

     I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈher.peːs/, [ˈhɛrpeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.pes/, [ˈɛrpes]

Noun

herpēs m (genitive herpētis); third declension

1. herpes
2. an unknown sort of animal, perhaps a kind of mongoose

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	herpēs	herpētēs
Genitive	herpētis	herpētum
Dative	herpētī	herpētibus
Accusative	herpētem	herpētēs
Ablative	herpēte	herpētibus
Vocative	herpēs	herpētēs

References

• “herpes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• herpes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Noun

1. (medicine) herpes (viral disease)

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Spanish

Noun

herpes m or f (plural herpes)

1. herpes
2. cold sore