hirudo

== Esperanto == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hirūdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hiˈrudo/ Rhymes: -udo Syllabification: hi‧ru‧do === Noun === hirudo (accusative singular hirudon, plural hirudoj, accusative plural hirudojn) leech == Latin == === Etymology === Unknown. Seemingly a parallel formation with testūdō (from testū), but no stem *hiru- is known. Stifter suggests it may be related to Old Irish giritán (“periwinkle”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɪˈruː.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈruː.do] === Noun === hirūdō f (genitive hirūdinis); third declension A leech. Synonym: sanguisūga ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: hirudin, hirudinoid Esperanto: hirudo Translingual: Hirudo Italian: irudine Occitan: iruge Portuguese: hirudíneo Spanish: hirudíneo === References === “hirudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hirudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "hirudo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “hirudo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.