herpes

See also: Herpes and herpès

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin herpes, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes; literally, a creeping”), from ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɝ.piz/

Noun

herpes (plural herpeses)

  1. (medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.

Synonyms

Translations

Further reading

  • herpes in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • herpes in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • herpes at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

herpes m

  1. herpes

Synonyms

Danish

Noun

herpes

  1. herpes

Finnish

Noun

herpes

  1. (pathology) herpes (common language term for herpes simplex)

Declension

Inflection of herpes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative herpes —
genitive herpeksen —
partitive herpestä —
illative herpekseen —
singular plural
nominative herpes —
accusative nom. herpes —
gen. herpeksen
genitive herpeksen —
partitive herpestä —
inessive herpeksessä —
elative herpeksestä —
illative herpekseen —
adessive herpeksellä —
ablative herpekseltä —
allative herpekselle —
essive herpeksenä —
translative herpekseksi —
instructive — —
abessive herpeksettä —
comitative — —

Derived terms

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish herpes.

Noun

herpes

  1. herpes
    • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
      Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.
      I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈher.peːs/, [ˈhɛr.peːs]

Noun

herpēs m (genitive herpētis); third declension

  1. herpes
  2. an unknown sort of animal, perhaps a kind of mongoose
Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative herpēs herpētēs
genitive herpētis herpētum
dative herpētī herpētibus
accusative herpētem herpētēs
ablative herpēte herpētibus
vocative herpēs herpētēs

References

  • herpes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • herpes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

herpes m or f (in variation) (plural herpes)

  1. (medicine) herpes (viral disease)

Spanish

Noun

herpes m, f (plural herpes)

  1. herpes
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