prurigo
English
Etymology
From Latin prūrīgō (“an itching, the itch”), from prūriō (“I itch”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹʊəˈɹaɪɡəʊ/
Noun
prurigo (countable and uncountable, plural prurigos or prurigoes)
- (medicine) A papular disease of the skin, with intense itching as the main symptom.
Synonyms
- pruritus
Translations
papular disease of the skin
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Further reading
prurigo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for prurigo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Noun
prurigo m (plural prurigos)
- prurigo
Further reading
- “prurigo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
prūriō (“I itch”) + -īgō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pruːˈriː.ɡoː/, [pruːˈriːɡoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pruˈri.ɡo/, [pruˈriːɡo]
Noun
prūrīgō f (genitive prūrīginis); third declension
- an itching, the itch
- a lecherous itching, lasciviousness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prūrīgō | prūrīginēs |
| Genitive | prūrīginis | prūrīginum |
| Dative | prūrīginī | prūrīginibus |
| Accusative | prūrīginem | prūrīginēs |
| Ablative | prūrīgine | prūrīginibus |
| Vocative | prūrīgō | prūrīginēs |
Descendants
- → English: prurigo
- → Italian: prurigine
References
- “prūrīgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prūrīgō” on page 1,510/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Romanian
Etymology
From French prurigo.
Noun
prurigo n (uncountable)
- prurigo
Declension
declension of prurigo (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) prurigo | prurigoul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) prurigo | prurigoului |
| vocative | prurigoule | |