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furunculus

furunculus

Latin

Noun

fūrunculus m ‎(genitive fūrunculī); second declension

pilferer (petty thief)
pointed burning sore on the human body; a boil, furuncle

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fūrunculus	fūrunculī
genitive	fūrunculī	fūrunculōrum
dative	fūrunculō	fūrunculīs
accusative	fūrunculum	fūrunculōs
ablative	fūrunculō	fūrunculīs
vocative	fūruncule	fūrunculī

Descendants

English: furuncle
French: furoncle
German: Furunkel
Italian: foruncolo

Portuguese: furúnculo, frunco, fruncho
Romanian: furuncul, furnicel
Russian: фурункул ‎(furunkul)
Spanish: furúnculo, forúnculo

References

furunculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
furunculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “furunculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.