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 lobo (“wolf”) +‎ home (“man”); compare Proto-Germanic *werawulfaz. Cognate of Portuguese lobisomem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loβiˈsɔme̝/

Noun

lobishome m (plural lobishomes)

1. (folklore) a werewolf
   • 1279, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), 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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lubus ome”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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