lobishome

Galician
Manuel Blanco Romasanta was condemned in 1853 for 9 assassination; he plead himself not guilty because of his condition of lobishome

Etymology

11th century ("Lubusome", inside a Latin text).[1] From lobo (“wolf”) +‎ home (“man”); compare Proto-Germanic *werawulfaz. Cognate of Portuguese lobisomem.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /loβiˈsɔme̝/

Noun

lobishome m (plural lobishomes)

  1. (folklore) a werewolf
    • 1279, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 37:
      pelos casares do Outeyro e pela fonte do Lubus ome
      by the houses of Outeiro and by the fountain of the werewolf

Synonyms

References
  • “lubus ome” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “lobishome” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “lobishome” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. "Lubusome" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. lobo I.
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