eunuchus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛu̯ˈnuː.kʰʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eu̯ˈnuː.kus]
Noun
[edit]eunūchus m (genitive eunūchī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eunūchus | eunūchī |
| genitive | eunūchī | eunūchōrum |
| dative | eunūchō | eunūchīs |
| accusative | eunūchum | eunūchōs |
| ablative | eunūchō | eunūchīs |
| vocative | eunūche | eunūchī |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “eunuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “eunuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "eunuchus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “eunuchus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “eunuchus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]eunuchus
- alternative form of eunuk
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵʰ-
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seǵʰ-
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
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