uredo

English

Etymology

Latin uredo (“a blast, blight, a burning itch”), from urere (“to burn or scorch”).

Noun

uredo (plural uredos)

  1. (botany) A summer stage in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus, and preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage.
  2. (medicine) urticaria; nettle-rash

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for uredo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

From ūrō.

Noun

ūrēdō f (genitive ūrēdinis); third declension

  1. blight (on plants)
  2. burning itch

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ūrēdō ūrēdinēs
Genitive ūrēdinis ūrēdinum
Dative ūrēdinī ūrēdinibus
Accusative ūrēdinem ūrēdinēs
Ablative ūrēdine ūrēdinibus
Vocative ūrēdō ūrēdinēs

Descendants

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