eunuchus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈnuː.kʰus/, [ɛu̯ˈnuːkʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈnu.kus/, [eu̯ˈnuːkus]
Noun
[edit]eunūchus m (genitive eunūchī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eunūchus | eunūchī |
| genitive | eunūchī | eunūchōrum |
| dative | eunūchō | eunūchīs |
| accusative | eunūchum | eunūchōs |
| ablative | eunūchō | eunūchīs |
| vocative | eunūche | eunūchī |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “eunuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “eunuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- eunuchus 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)
- eunuchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “eunuchus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]eunuchus
- Alternative form of eunuk