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Ferrugo
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Fer-ru′go
(fĕr-rṳ′gō̍)
, Noun.
[L., iron rust, fr.
ferrum
iron.] A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the
rust
, from its resemblance to iron rust in color. Definition 2024
ferrugo
ferrugo
Latin
Etymology
From ferrum (“iron”). Compare aerūgō (“copper-rust”).
Noun
ferrūgō f (genitive ferrūginis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ferrūgō | ferrūginēs |
| genitive | ferrūginis | ferrūginum |
| dative | ferrūginī | ferrūginibus |
| accusative | ferrūginem | ferrūginēs |
| ablative | ferrūgine | ferrūginibus |
| vocative | ferrūgō | ferrūginēs |
See also
Descendants
- English: ferrugo, ferruginous
- Italian: ferrugine
- Portuguese: ferrugem
- Sicilian: firrunìa
- Spanish: herrugento
References
- ferrugo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ferrugo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- FERRUGO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ferrugo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.