sanguisuga

See also: Sanguisuga

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sanguisūga.

Noun

sanguisuga f (plural sanguisughe)

1. leech

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /san.ɡʷiˈsuː.ɡa/, [saŋ.ɡᶣɪˈsuː.ɡa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /san.ɡwiˈsu.ɡa/, [saŋ.ɡwiˈzuː.ɡa]

Noun

sanguisūga f (genitive sanguisūgae); first declension

1. a leech
2. a vampire

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sanguisūga	sanguisūgae
Genitive	sanguisūgae	sanguisūgārum
Dative	sanguisūgae	sanguisūgīs
Accusative	sanguisūgam	sanguisūgās
Ablative	sanguisūgā	sanguisūgīs
Vocative	sanguisūga	sanguisūgae

Synonyms

• (leech): hirūdo

Descendants

• Albanian: shushunjë
• Dalmatian: sansoike
• French: sangsue
• Friulian: sansuie, sansuje
• Galician: samesuga, sambesuga

• Italian: sanguisuga
• Portuguese: sanguessuga
• Sardinian: sambesuca, sambesue
• Spanish: sanguja, sanguijuela

References

• sanguisuga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sanguisuga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sanguisuga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette