psora

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin psōra, from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔːɹ.ə/

Noun

psora (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) A cutaneous disease, especially psoriasis, scabies, or mange.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra, “itch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

psōra f (genitive psōrae); first declension

  1. the itch, mange
    Synonyms: scabiēs, sarna

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative psōra psōrae
Genitive psōrae psōrārum
Dative psōrae psōrīs
Accusative psōram psōrās
Ablative psōrā psōrīs
Vocative psōra psōrae

Descendants
  • → English: psora (learned)
  • → French: psora, psore (learned)

References
  • “psora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • psora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpso.ɾɐ/

  • Hyphenation: pso‧ra

Noun

psora f (plural psoras)

  1. (Brazil, slang) Clipping of professora (“female teacher”).
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