ostigo

Latin

Etymology

An irregular combination of ōs (“the mouth”) +‎ -īgō (“diseased condition”), the spurious t inserted probably by analogy with the word’s synonym, mentīgō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /oːsˈtiː.ɡoː/

Noun

ōstīgō f (genitive ōstīginis); third declension

a kind of eruption or scab on lambs
- ante AD 70, Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (author), E.S. Forster and Edward H. Heffner (editors), Res Rustica in On Agriculture, volume II: Books V–IX (1954), book vii, chapter v, § 21, page 275:
  Est etiam mentigo, quam pastores ostiginem vocant, mortifera lactentibus.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōstīgō	ōstīginēs
Genitive	ōstīginis	ōstīginum
Dative	ōstīginī	ōstīginibus
Accusative	ōstīginem	ōstīginēs
Ablative	ōstīgine	ōstīginibus
Vocative	ōstīgō	ōstīginēs

Synonyms

(eruption or scab on lambs): mentīgō

References

ostīgo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ostīgo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,097/2
“ostīgō” on page 1,276/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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