solifuga

Latin

Alternative forms
  • sālpūga
  • sālpunga
  • sōlipugna
  • sōlipuga

Etymology

Folk-etymologically from sālpūga, by which etymology the word is to be analyzed as sōl (“sun”) +‎ fugiō (“I flee”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sōlifuga f (genitive sōlifugae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) solifuge, camel spider

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sōlifuga sōlifugae
Genitive sōlifugae sōlifugārum
Dative sōlifugae sōlifugīs
Accusative sōlifugam sōlifugās
Ablative sōlifugā sōlifugīs
Vocative sōlifuga sōlifugae

Descendants
  • → English: solifuge
  • → Spanish: solífugo (via sōlifugus)
  • → Translingual: Solifugae

References
  • solifuga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “solifuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • solifuga in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “sālpūga”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 470
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.