tussis

See also: Tussis

English

Etymology

Latin tussis (“cough”)

Noun

tussis

  1. A cough.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

tussis

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of tossir

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s- (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). See also Old English a-þytan (“expel”), Old Norse a-þiota.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtus.sis/, [ˈtʊs.sɪs]

Noun

tussis f (genitive tussis); third declension

  1. cough

Usage notes

In the plural, tussēs indicates a severe cough.

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tussis tussēs
genitive tussis tussium
dative tussī tussibus
accusative tussem
tussim		 tussēs
tussīs
ablative tusse
tussī		 tussibus
vocative tussis tussēs

Derived terms

  • tussēdō
  • tussicula
  • tussiculāris
  • tussiculōsus

Descendants

References

  • tussis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tussis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tussis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. ↑ Wood, Indo-European Ax: Axi: Axu: A Study in Ablaut and in Word Formation, p. 59
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