vermina

See also: Vermina

Italian

Verb

vermina

  1. inflection of verminare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

On the surface appears to be the same root as vermis (“worm”) +‎ -men, but de Vaan believes this is a folk-etymological association and that it derives from the root of vergō (“to turn”), pointing to Proto-Italic *wergmen.[1] (Note the parallel historical semantics of tormina).

Pronunciation

Noun

vermina n pl (genitive verminum); third declension

  1. the gripes, bellyache, stomachache
    Synonym: tormina

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative vermina
Genitive verminum
Dative verminibus
Accusative vermina
Ablative verminibus
Vocative vermina

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vergō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 665
  • vermina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • vermina in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • “vermina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Noun

vermina f (plural verminas)

  1. vermin (creatures, people or thing that cause harm and annoyance)
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