helluo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin helluo (“glutton, squanderer”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɛljuːəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɛljuoʊ/
- Hyphenation: hel‧luo
Noun
helluo (plural helluos)
- (obsolete) A glutton, a gormandizer.
References
- ^ “helluo, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2008.
Latin
Etymology
From helluārī (“to be a glutton, gormandize”) + -ō (suffix forming masculine agent nouns, nicknames, and other designations);[1] further etymology unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛl.lu.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛl.lu.o]
Noun
helluō m (genitive helluōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | helluō | helluōnēs |
| genitive | helluōnis | helluōnum |
| dative | helluōnī | helluōnibus |
| accusative | helluōnem | helluōnēs |
| ablative | helluōne | helluōnibus |
| vocative | helluō | helluōnēs |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Compare “helluo, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2008.
- “helluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- helluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “helluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press