eunuchus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈnuː.kʰus/, [ɛu̯ˈnuːkʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈnu.kus/, [eu̯ˈnuːkus]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | eunūchus | eunūchī |
| Genitive | eunūchī | eunūchōrum |
| Dative | eunūchō | eunūchīs |
| Accusative | eunūchum | eunūchōs |
| Ablative | eunūchō | eunūchīs |
| Vocative | eunūche | eunūchī |
Descendants
References
- “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
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