eunuchus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈnuː.kʰus/, [ɛu̯ˈnuːkʰʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈnu.kus/, [eu̯ˈnuːkus]

Noun

eunūchus m (genitive eunūchī); second declension

  1. eunuch

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative eunūchus eunūchī
Genitive eunūchī eunūchōrum
Dative eunūchō eunūchīs
Accusative eunūchum eunūchōs
Ablative eunūchō eunūchīs
Vocative eunūche eunūchī

Descendants
  • → Catalan: eunuc
  • → English: eunuch
  • → French: eunuque
  • → Galician: eunuco
  • → Italian: eunuco
  • → Occitan: eunuc
  • → Portuguese: eunuco
  • → Romanian: eunuc
  • → Spanish: eunuco

References
  • “eunuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “eunuchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • eunuchus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • eunuchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “eunuchus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Noun

eunuchus

  1. Alternative form of eunuk
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