sanguisuga

See also: Sanguisuga

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sanguisūga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /san.ɡwiˈzu.ɡa/, /san.ɡwiˈsu.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Hyphenation: san‧gui‧sù‧ga

Noun

sanguisuga f (plural sanguisughe)

  1. leech

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

Literally, a bloodsucker, from sanguis (blood) + sūgō (suck).

Pronunciation

Noun

sanguisūga f (genitive sanguisūgae); first declension

  1. a leech
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.30.15:
      sanguisūgae duae sunt fīliae dīcentēs adfer adfer
      The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
  2. a vampire

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sanguisūga sanguisūgae
Genitive sanguisūgae sanguisūgārum
Dative sanguisūgae sanguisūgīs
Accusative sanguisūgam sanguisūgās
Ablative sanguisūgā sanguisūgīs
Vocative sanguisūga sanguisūgae

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: sanguisuga
    • Sicilian: sancisuca
  • Padanian:
    • Friulian: sansuie, sansuje
    • Piedmontese: sansùa, sansuva
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: sang-sua, sang-suva (Valdôtain)
    • French: sangsue
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Aragonese: sansuga
    • Occitan: sangsuga
      Nord-Occitan: sangsuja
      Vivaro-Alpine: sangsua
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: sambesuca, sambesue
  • Borrowings:

References

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