mentigo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /menˈtiː.ɡoː/, [mɛn̪ˈt̪iːɡoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /menˈti.ɡo/, [men̪ˈt̪iːɡo]
Noun
mentīgō f (genitive mentīginis); third declension
- a kind of eruption or scab on lambs
- ante AD 70, Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (author), E.S. Forster and Edward H. Heffner (editors), Res Rustica in On Agriculture, volume II: Books V–IX (1954), book vii, chapter v, § 21, page 275:
- Est etiam mentigo, quam pastores ostiginem vocant, mortifera lactentibus.
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- ante AD 70, Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (author), E.S. Forster and Edward H. Heffner (editors), Res Rustica in On Agriculture, volume II: Books V–IX (1954), book vii, chapter v, § 21, page 275:
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mentīgō | mentīginēs |
| Genitive | mentīginis | mentīginum |
| Dative | mentīginī | mentīginibus |
| Accusative | mentīginem | mentīginēs |
| Ablative | mentīgine | mentīginibus |
| Vocative | mentīgō | mentīginēs |
Synonyms
- (eruption or scab on lambs): ostīgō
References
- “mentīgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mentīgo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 967/3
- “mentīgō” on page 1,100/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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