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hirudo

hirudo · f

a leech

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What it meant

1. hĭrūdo — Lewis & Short

hĭrūdo, ĭnis, f. (also called sanguisūga),

I a leech, blood-sucker, Plin. 32, 10, 42, § 122: ego me convortam in hirudinem atque exsugebo sanguinem, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 4.—Fig., of any thing that exhausts, etc.: aerarii, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 11: non missura cutem, nisi plena cruoris, hirudo, Hor. A. P. 476.

2. hirüdó — Walde–Hofmann

hirüdó, -inis f. „Blutegel“ (seit Plaut., daneben in der Kaiserzeit häufiger sanguisuga [Bücheler Kl. Schr. 11 471], beide rom., ersteres in der Form hirügó Cl, [wie testügó mit Suffixtausch bzw. nach sanguisüga, Niedermann Ltbl 1924, 310, Graur Rom. 56, 108]: testü-do neben testü weist auf ein Ntr. *hirü, dessen weitere Anknüpfung fraglich ist, Weder Anknüpfung an gr. xapdocw ,kerbe", ht. Zefti „kratzen“ (s. ér S. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. hirüdó, p. 684]

In the wild

6 of 12 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. hirüdó (scan p. 684; entry #1323). Root candidates: *eghi-, *jher-.

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