uredo

See also: Uredo

English

Etymology

From Latin ūrēdō (“blast, blight, burning itch”), from ūrere (“to burn or scorch”).

Noun

uredo (countable and uncountable, plural uredos)

1. (archaic, botany, countable) urediniospore
2. (obsolete, medicine, uncountable) urticaria; nettle-rash

Related terms

• uredineous
• uredinous
• uredoform
• uredopustule
• uredosorus
• uredospore
• uredostage

References

• “uredo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ūrō

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.

Latin -ēdō

Latin ūrēdō

From ūrō + -ēdō.

Noun

ūrēdō f (genitive ūrēdinis); third declension

1. blight (on plants)
2. burning itch

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ūrēdō	ūrēdinēs
genitive	ūrēdinis	ūrēdinum
dative	ūrēdinī	ūrēdinibus
accusative	ūrēdinem	ūrēdinēs
ablative	ūrēdine	ūrēdinibus
vocative	ūrēdō	ūrēdinēs

References

• “uredo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “uredo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “uredo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.