dracunculus
See also: Dracunculus
English
A dracunculus fish, Synchiropus splendidus
dracunculus (Dracunculus medinesis) larvae
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”).
Noun
dracunculus (plural dracunculi)
- A dragonet, a fish of families Calliomyidae or Draconettidae.
- The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).
Further reading
Dragonet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Filarioidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Callionymidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Dracunculus medinensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin
Etymology
From dracō, dracōnis (“dragon”) + -culus.
Noun
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
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
- “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