Jump to content

sanguisuga

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Sanguisuga

Italian

[edit]
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Latin sanguisūga. Cognate with Sicilian sancu-suca.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /san.ɡwiˈsu.ɡa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Hyphenation: san‧gui‧sù‧ga

Noun

[edit]

sanguisuga f (plural sanguisughe)

  1. leech

Synonyms

[edit]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ sanguisuga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

    Literally, a bloodsucker, from sanguis (blood) +‎ sūgō (suck).

    Pronunciation

    [edit]

    Noun

    [edit]

    sanguisūga f (genitive sanguisūgae); first declension

    1. a leech
      Synonym: hirūdō
      • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.30.15:
        sanguisūgae duae sunt fīliae dīcentēs adfer adfer
        The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
    2. a vampire, an undead being which harms people and is implied to consume blood
      • 1610, William di Newburgh, Guillelmi Neubrigensis Angli, ... De rebus Anglicis suis temporis, libri quinque. Nunc primum auctiores 11. capitulis hactenus desideratis, & notis Ioannis Picardi Bellouaci ..., page 650:
        nec terrorem [alt.: territi] iuuenes, quos ira stimulabat, exanimo corpore retulerunt [alt.: vulnus exanimi corpori intulerunt]: ex quo tantus continuò sanguis effluxit, vt intelligeretur sanguisuga fuisse multorum.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Declension

    [edit]

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative sanguisūga sanguisūgae
    genitive sanguisūgae sanguisūgārum
    dative sanguisūgae sanguisūgīs
    accusative sanguisūgam sanguisūgās
    ablative sanguisūgā sanguisūgīs
    vocative sanguisūga sanguisūgae

    Descendants

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]