tussedo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tís

Proto-Indo-European *tudtís

Proto-Italic *tussis

Latin tussis

Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.

Latin -iō

Latin tussiō

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.

Latin -ēdō

Latin tussēdō

From tussiō (“to cough”) + -ēdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tʊsˈseː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [tusˈsɛː.do]

Noun

tussēdō f (genitive tussēdinis); third declension

1. a cough; often one which is persistent

   Synonym: tussis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tussēdō	tussēdinēs
genitive	tussēdinis	tussēdinum
dative	tussēdinī	tussēdinibus
accusative	tussēdinem	tussēdinēs
ablative	tussēdine	tussēdinibus
vocative	tussēdō	tussēdinēs

Related terms

• tussicula
• tussiculāris
• tussiculōsus
• tussicus
• tussiēns
• tussilāgō
• tussiō
• tussis

References

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