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vomitus

vomitus

English

Noun

vomitus ‎(plural vomita)

  1. (medicine) vomit, the product of an emesis.
    • 1905, California State Board of Health, Monthly Bulletin (page 70)
      Every observant mother has learned the importance of noting the character of her baby's vomitus, the color of its stools, the evidence of inflation of its stomach, etc.

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of vomō ‎(“vomit forth”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwo.mi.tus/, [ˈwɔ.mɪ.tʊs]

Participle

vomitus m ‎(feminine vomita, neuter vomitum); first/second declension

  1. vomited up or forth, discharged, emitted, having been vomited up

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative vomitus vomita vomitum vomitī vomitae vomita
genitive vomitī vomitae vomitī vomitōrum vomitārum vomitōrum
dative vomitō vomitō vomitīs
accusative vomitum vomitam vomitum vomitōs vomitās vomita
ablative vomitō vomitā vomitō vomitīs
vocative vomite vomita vomitum vomitī vomitae vomita

Noun

vomitus m ‎(genitive vomitūs); fourth declension

  1. The act of throwing up or vomiting.
  2. That which is thrown up by vomiting; sick, vomit.

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative vomitus vomitūs
genitive vomitūs vomituum
dative vomituī vomitibus
accusative vomitum vomitūs
ablative vomitū vomitibus
vocative vomitus vomitūs

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