spânz

Romanian
Spânz

Alternative forms
  • spânț
  • spînz, spînț — obsolete spelling

Etymology

From Latin spongia (“sponge”), with a change in gender; metaphorically applied to horse diseases, as in Spanish espundia (“skin ulcer (in horses)”), also Galician espulla (“wart; growth in belly of cows”), Sardinian spòngia, ispunzòla (“wobbler syndrome”); ultimately from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá). Cf. also Albanian spëndër. Probably a doublet of spongie, a borrowing.

Cognate to Aromanian spingiu.

Noun

spânz m (plural spânzi)

  1. purple hellebore, Christmas rose (Helleborus purpurascens)
  2. horse disease with enlargement of the spleen

Declension
Declension of spânz
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) spânz spânzul (niște) spânzi spânzii
genitive/dative (unui) spânz spânzului (unor) spânzi spânzilor
vocative spânzule spânzilor
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