ostigo
Latin
Etymology
An irregular combination of ōs (“the mouth”) + -īgō (“diseased condition”), the spurious t inserted probably by analogy with the word’s synonym, mentīgō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːsˈtiː.ɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [osˈt̪iː.ɡo]
Noun
ōstīgō f (genitive ōstīginis); third declension
- a kind of eruption or scab on lambs
- ante AD 70, Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (author), E.S. Forster and Edward H. Heffner (editors), Res Rustica in On Agriculture, volume II: Books V–IX (1954), book vii, chapter v, § 21, page 275:
- Est etiam mentigo, quam pastores ostiginem vocant, mortifera lactentibus.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- ante AD 70, Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (author), E.S. Forster and Edward H. Heffner (editors), Res Rustica in On Agriculture, volume II: Books V–IX (1954), book vii, chapter v, § 21, page 275:
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ōstīgō | ōstīginēs |
| genitive | ōstīginis | ōstīginum |
| dative | ōstīginī | ōstīginibus |
| accusative | ōstīginem | ōstīginēs |
| ablative | ōstīgine | ōstīginibus |
| vocative | ōstīgō | ōstīginēs |
Synonyms
- (eruption or scab on lambs): mentīgō
References
- “ostīgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ostīgo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,097/2.
- “ostīgō” on page 1,276/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)