dracunculus
See also: Dracunculus
English
A dracunculus fish, Synchiropus splendidus
dracunculus (Dracunculus medinesis) larvae
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”).
Noun
dracunculus (plural dracunculi)
- A dragonet, a fish of families Calliomyidae or Draconettidae.
- A Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).
Further reading
Dragonet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Filarioidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Callionymidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Dracunculus medinensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin
Etymology
From dracō, dracōnis (“dragon”) + -culus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /draˈkun.ku.lus/, [d̪räˈkʊŋkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /draˈkun.ku.lus/, [d̪räˈkuŋkulus]
Noun
dracunculus m (genitive dracunculī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “dracunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dracunculus 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)
- dracunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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