furunculus

Latin

Etymology

From fūrō, fūrōnis + -culus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /fuːˈrun.ku.lus/, [fuːˈrʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

fūrunculus m (genitive fūrunculī); second declension

  1. pilferer (petty thief)
  2. pointed burning sore on the human body; a boil, furuncle

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fūrunculus fūrunculī
Genitive fūrunculī fūrunculōrum
Dative fūrunculō fūrunculīs
Accusative fūrunculum fūrunculōs
Ablative fūrunculō fūrunculīs
Vocative fūruncule fūrunculī

Descendants

References

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