lumbricus

See also: Lumbricus

Latin

Etymology

Possibly related to lumbus (“loins”) with a similar suffix to formīca (“ant”) or umbilīcus (“navel”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

lumbrīcus m (genitive lumbrīcī); second declension

  1. earthworm
  2. intestinal worm

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lumbrīcus lumbrīcī
Genitive lumbrīcī lumbrīcōrum
Dative lumbrīcō lumbrīcīs
Accusative lumbrīcum lumbrīcōs
Ablative lumbrīcō lumbrīcīs
Vocative lumbrīce lumbrīcī

Descendants

References
  • “lumbricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lumbricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lumbrīcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 351-352
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