tussis

See also: Tussis

English

Etymology

Latin tussis (“cough”)

Noun

tussis

  1. A cough.

Translations
cough — see cough

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

tussis

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of tossir

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tussis, from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old English aþytan (“to expel”), Old Norse aþiota (“to expel”).[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.

Declension

Third declension i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tussis tussēs
Genitive tussis tussium
Dative tussī tussibus
Accusative tussim tussēs
tussīs
Ablative 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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