sanguisuga

== Italian == === Alternative forms === sanguisuca, sanguesuga, sanguesuca, sanguisciuga (archaic, dialectal) sanguisuccia (archaic, Tuscan) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin sanguisūga. Cognate with Sicilian sancusuca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /san.ɡwiˈsu.ɡa/ Rhymes: -uɡa Hyphenation: san‧gui‧sù‧ga === Noun === sanguisuga f (plural sanguisughe) leech ==== Synonyms ==== mignatta ==== Related terms ==== sanguisugio === References === == Latin == === Alternative forms === sanguī̆ssūga === Etymology === Literally, “a bloodsucker”, from sanguī̆s (“blood”) +‎ sūgō (“suck”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [saŋ.ɡʷiːˈsuː.ɡa], [saŋ.ɡʷɪˈsuː.ɡa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [saŋ.ɡʷiˈs̬uː.ɡa] === Noun === sanguī̆sūga f (genitive sanguī̆sūgae); first declension a leech Synonym: hirūdō a vampire, an undead being which harms people and is implied to consume blood ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “sanguisuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "sanguisuga", 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) “sanguisuga”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.