phlebotomus

See also: Phlebotomus

English

Noun

phlebotomus

  1. A sandfly of genus Phlebotomus.

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

  • flebotomus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φλεβότομος (phlebótomos, “opening veins”), from φλέψ (phléps, “blood vessel”) +‎ τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

phlebotomus m (genitive phlebotomī); second declension

  1. Lancet, fleam.

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative phlebotomus phlebotomī
genitive phlebotomī phlebotomōrum
dative phlebotomō phlebotomīs
accusative phlebotomum phlebotomōs
ablative phlebotomō phlebotomīs
vocative phlebotome phlebotomī

Descendants

  • Catalan: fleuma
  • Old French: flieme
    • French: flamme
    • → Middle Dutch: vlime
      • Dutch: vlijm (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle English: fleme
  • Occitan: flecme
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *flētimā (see there for further descendants)

References

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