lumbricus

See also: Lumbricus

Latin

Etymology

Possibly related to lumbus (“loins”) with a similar suffix to formīca (“ant”) or umbilīcus (“navel”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /lumˈbriː.kus/, [ɫʊmˈbriː.kʊs]

Noun

lumbrīcus m (genitive lumbrīcī); second declension

  1. earthworm
  2. intestinal worm

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lumbrīcus lumbrīcī
Genitive lumbrīcī lumbrīcōrum
Dative lumbrīcō lumbrīcīs
Accusative lumbrīcum lumbrīcōs
Ablative lumbrīcō lumbrīcīs
Vocative lumbrīce lumbrīcī

Descendants

References
  • 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
  1. 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, pages 351-352
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