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See also: Dracunculus
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”).
Noun[edit]
dracunculus (plural dracunculi)
- A dragonet, a fish of families Calliomyidae or Draconettidae.
- A Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).
Further reading[edit]
- Dragonet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Filarioidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Callionymidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Dracunculus medinensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dracō, dracōnis (“dragon”) + -culus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /draˈkun.ku.lus/, [d̪räˈkʊŋkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /draˈkun.ku.lus/, [d̪räˈkuŋkulus]
Noun[edit]
dracunculus m (genitive dracunculī); second declension
- Diminutive of dracō: a small dragon or serpent
- a thread twisted like a serpent
- a sort of fish, dragonet
- tarragon
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dracunculus | dracunculī |
Genitive | dracunculī | dracunculōrum |
Dative | dracunculō | dracunculīs |
Accusative | dracunculum | dracunculōs |
Ablative | dracunculō | dracunculīs |
Vocative | dracuncule | dracunculī |
References[edit]
- “dracunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dracunculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dracunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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