phlebotomus
See also: Phlebotomus
Latin
Alternative forms
- flebotomus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φλεβότομος (phlebótomos, “opening veins”), from φλέψ (phléps, “blood vessel”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰleˈbo.to.mus/, [pʰɫ̪ɛˈbɔt̪ɔmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fleˈbo.to.mus/, [fleˈbɔːt̪omus]
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | phlebotomus | phlebotomī |
| Genitive | phlebotomī | phlebotomōrum |
| Dative | phlebotomō | phlebotomīs |
| Accusative | phlebotomum | phlebotomōs |
| Ablative | phlebotomō | phlebotomīs |
| Vocative | phlebotome | phlebotomī |
Descendants
References
- “phlebotomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fleme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “phlebotomus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)
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