helluo librorum

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin helluō librōrum (“glutton of books”), from Latin helluō (“glutton; squanderer”) + librōrum (“of books”). Helluō is derived from helluārī + -ō (suffix forming masculine agent nouns, nicknames, and other designations); helluārī is the present active infinitive of helluor (“to be a glutton, gormandize”), further etymology unknown. Librōrum is the genitive plural form of liber (“book; inner bark of a tree”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to cut off, peel”)). The plural form is also borrowed from Late Latin helluōnēs librōrum. === Pronunciation === Singular: (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hĕl'yo͝oō lĭbrôʹrəm, IPA(key): /ˌhɛljʊəʊ lɪˈbɹɔːɹəm/ (General American) enPR: hĕl'yo͞oō lĭbrôrʹəm, IPA(key): /ˌhɛljuoʊ lɪˈbɹɔ(ə)ɹəm/, /-lə-/ Hyphenation: hel‧luo li‧bro‧rum Plural: (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hĕlyo͝oō'nēz lĭbrôʹrəm, IPA(key): /ˌhɛljʊˈəʊniːz lɪˈbɹɔːɹəm/ (General American) enPR: hĕlyo͞oō'nēz lĭbrôrʹəm, IPA(key): /ˌhɛljuˈoʊniz lɪˈbɹɔ(ə)ɹəm/, /-lə-/ Hyphenation: hel‧lu‧o‧nes li‧bro‧rum Rhymes: -ɔːɹəm === Noun === helluo librorum (plural helluones librorum) (literary, archaic) An insatiable and obsessive bookworm (“avid book reader”). ==== Related terms ==== helluo (obsolete) helluous (rare) ==== Translations ==== === References === == Latin == === Noun === helluō librōrum m (genitive helluōnis librōrum); third declension A helluo librorum. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.