sanguisuga

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sanguisūga.

Noun

sanguisuga f (plural sanguisughe)

leech

Latin

Etymology

Literally, "a bloodsucker", from sanguis (“blood”) + sūgō (“suck”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /san.ɡʷiˈsuː.ɡa/, [saŋ.ɡᶣɪˈsuː.ɡa]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /san.ɡwiˈsu.ɡa/, [saŋ.ɡwiˈsuː.ɡa]

Noun

sanguisūga f (genitive sanguisūgae); first declension

a leech
a vampire

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sanguisūga	sanguisūgae
genitive	sanguisūgae	sanguisūgārum
dative	sanguisūgae	sanguisūgīs
accusative	sanguisūgam	sanguisūgās
ablative	sanguisūgā	sanguisūgīs
vocative	sanguisūga	sanguisūgae

Synonyms

(leech): hirūdo

Descendants

Albanian: shushunjë
Dalmatian: sansoike
French: sangsue
Friulian: sansuie, sansuje

Italian: sanguisuga
Portuguese: sanguessuga
Sardinian: sambesuca, sambesue
Spanish: sanguja, sanguijuela

References

sanguisuga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sanguisuga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
sanguisuga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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