hordeolus
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from hordeum (“barley”) + -olus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /horˈde.o.lus/, [hɔrˈd̪eɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /orˈde.o.lus/, [orˈd̪ɛːolus]
Noun
hordeolus m (genitive hordeolī); second declension
- a stye in the eye
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hordeolus | hordeolī |
| Genitive | hordeolī | hordeolōrum |
| Dative | hordeolō | hordeolīs |
| Accusative | hordeolum | hordeolōs |
| Ablative | hordeolō | hordeolīs |
| Vocative | hordeole | hordeolī |
Descendants
- Aromanian: ulcior
- Catalan: urçol, mussol, → ordèol
- French: orgelet
- Galician: orizó, orzón
- Italian: orzaiolo
- Old French: orgeoul
- → Portuguese: hordéolo
- Romanian: urcior
- Old Spanish: orçuelo
- Spanish: orzuelo
- Venetian: orxoło
References
- “hordeolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hordeolus 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)
- hordeolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette