rabies

See also: rabiés and ràbies

English

Etymology

From Latin rabiēs (“rage, madness, fury”), from rabiō (“I am angry, I am mad, I rave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪ.biz/
  • Rhymes: -eɪbiz

Noun

rabies (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.

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Further reading

  • rabies in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • rabies at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Danish

Noun

rabies c (singular definite rabiesen, not used in plural form)

  1. rabies

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Latin

Etymology

From rab- +‎ -iēs

Pronunciation

Noun

rabiēs f (genitive rabiēī); fifth declension

  1. rage
  2. madness

Inflection

  • The genitive singular appears as rabiēs in Lucretius. The nominative, accusative and ablative singular are the only attested forms in Classical Latin.

Fifth declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative rabiēs rabiēs
genitive rabiēī rabiērum
dative rabiēī rabiēbus
accusative rabiem rabiēs
ablative rabiē rabiēbus
vocative rabiēs rabiēs

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References

  • rabies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rabies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rabies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Verb

rabies

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of rabiar.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of rabiar.
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