rheuma

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rheuma n (genitive rheumatis); third declension

  1. catarrh, rheum

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rheuma rheumata
Genitive rheumatis rheumatum
Dative rheumatī rheumatibus
Accusative rheuma rheumata
Ablative rheumate rheumatibus
Vocative rheuma rheumata

Descendants[edit]

  • English: rheum
  • French: rhume
  • Irish: réama
  • Italian: reuma
  • Spanish: reuma

References[edit]

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