lumbricus
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See also: Lumbricus
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly related to lumbus (“loins”) with a similar suffix to formīca (“ant”) or umbilīcus (“navel”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lumˈbriː.kus/, [ɫ̪ʊmˈbriːkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lumˈbri.kus/, [lumˈbriːkus]
Noun[edit]
lumbrīcus m (genitive lumbrīcī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lumbrīcus | lumbrīcī |
| Genitive | lumbrīcī | lumbrīcōrum |
| Dative | lumbrīcō | lumbrīcīs |
| Accusative | lumbrīcum | lumbrīcōs |
| Ablative | lumbrīcō | lumbrīcīs |
| Vocative | lumbrīce | lumbrīcī |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “lumbricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lumbricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lumbrīcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 351-352