furunculus

Latin

Etymology

From fūrō, fūrōnis +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fuːˈrun.ku.lus/, [fuːˈrʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

fūrunculus m (genitive fūrunculī); second declension

pilferer (petty thief)
pointed burning sore on the human body; a boil, furuncle

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fūrunculus	fūrunculī
Genitive	fūrunculī	fūrunculōrum
Dative	fūrunculō	fūrunculīs
Accusative	fūrunculum	fūrunculōs
Ablative	fūrunculō	fūrunculīs
Vocative	fūruncule	fūrunculī

Descendants

Aromanian: furuntsel, furnitsel
Catalan: furóncol, floronco
English: furuncle
French: furoncle
German: Furunkel

Italian: foruncolo
Portuguese: furúnculo, frunco, fruncho
Romanian: furuncul, furnicel
Russian: фурункул (furunkul)
Spanish: furúnculo, forúnculo

References

furunculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
furunculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
furunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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