prurigo
English
Etymology
From Latin prūrīgō (“an itching, the itch”), from prūriō (“I itch”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹʊəˈɹaɪɡəʊ/
Noun
prurigo (countable and uncountable, plural prurigos or prurigoes)
Synonyms
Translations
papular disease of the skin
Further reading
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for prurigo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pruːˈriː.ɡoː/
Noun
prūrīgō f (genitive prūrīginis); third declension
- an itching, the itch
- a lecherous itching, lasciviousness
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prūrīgō | prūrīginēs |
| genitive | prūrīginis | prūrīginum |
| dative | prūrīginī | prūrīginibus |
| accusative | prūrīginem | prūrīginēs |
| ablative | prūrīgine | prūrīginibus |
| vocative | prūrīgō | prūrīginēs |
Descendants
- English: prurigo
References
- prūrīgo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prūrīgō” on page 1,510/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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