Italian

Noun

sanguisuga f ‎(plural sanguisughe)

1. leech

Latin

Etymology

Literally, "a bloodsucker", from sanguis ‎(“blood”) + sūgō ‎(“suck”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˌsan.ɡu.iˈsuː.ɡa/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˌsaŋɡwiˈsuɡa/

Noun

sanguisūga f ‎(genitive sanguisūgae); first declension

1. a leech
2. a vampire

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (leech): hirūdo

Descendants

References

• sanguisuga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SANGUISUGA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sanguisuga”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.