scabies
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English scabies, scabiez, from Latin scabiēs (“scurf; scab, mange, itch”), from scabō (“scratch, scrape”, verb).
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scabies (uncountable)
- (pathology) An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.
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an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From scabō (“scratch, scrape”).
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Noun[edit]
scabiēs f (genitive scabiēī); fifth declension
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | scabiēs | scabiēs |
genitive | scabiēī | scabiērum |
dative | scabiēī | scabiēbus |
accusative | scabiem | scabiēs |
ablative | scabiē | scabiēbus |
vocative | scabiēs | scabiēs |
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References[edit]
- scabies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scabies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scabies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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