lobishome

Galician

Manuel Blanco Romasanta was condemned in 1853 for 9 assassination; he plead himself not guilty because of his condition of lobishome

Etymology

11th century ("Lubusome", inside a Latin text). From lubus (“wolf”) +‎ home (“man”), perhaps a calque of Germanic: compare Proto-West Germanic *werawulf. Cognate of Portuguese lobisomem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loβiˈsɔme̝/

Noun

lobishome m (plural lobishomes)

1. (folklore) a werewolf
   • 1279, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 37:

     pelos casares do Outeyro e pela fonte do Lubus ome

     by the houses of Outeiro and by the fountain of the werewolf

Synonyms

• lobo da xente
• licántropo

References

• “lubus ome” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “lobishome” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lobishome” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.