reduvia

Latin

Alternative forms

  • redivia

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

reduvia f (genitive reduviae); first declension

  1. hangnail (on the finger)
  2. (figuratively) remnant, remainder

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative reduvia reduviae
genitive reduviae reduviārum
dative reduviae reduviīs
accusative reduviam reduviās
ablative reduviā reduviīs
vocative reduvia reduviae

Descendants

  • → Arabic: (with semantic loan from Reduvius) رَضُوفَة (raḍūfa)
  • ⇒ Translingual: Reduvius

References

  • “reduvia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “reduvia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • reduvia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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