hirudo
See also: Hirudo
Latin
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hiˈruː.doː/, [hɪˈruːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈru.do/, [iˈruːd̪o]
Noun
hirūdō f (genitive hirūdinis); third declension
- A leech.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hirūdō | hirūdinēs |
| Genitive | hirūdinis | hirūdinum |
| Dative | hirūdinī | hirūdinibus |
| Accusative | hirūdinem | hirūdinēs |
| Ablative | hirūdine | hirūdinibus |
| Vocative | hirūdō | hirūdinēs |
Synonyms
- (leech): sanguisūga
Descendants
- English: hirudin, hirudinoid
- Translingual: Hirudinea
References
- “hirudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hirudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hirudo 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)
- hirudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.