lumbricus

See also: Lumbricus

Latin

Etymology

Possibly related to lumbus (“loins”) with a similar suffix to formīca (“ant”) or umbilīcus (“navel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lumˈbriː.kus/, [ɫ̪ʊmˈbriːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lumˈbri.kus/, [lumˈbriːkus]

Noun

lumbrīcus m (genitive lumbrīcī); second declension

1. earthworm
2. intestinal worm

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lumbrīcus	lumbrīcī
Genitive	lumbrīcī	lumbrīcōrum
Dative	lumbrīcō	lumbrīcīs
Accusative	lumbrīcum	lumbrīcōs
Ablative	lumbrīcō	lumbrīcīs
Vocative	lumbrīce	lumbrīcī

Descendants

• Aromanian: lãmbric, limbric, lumburic
• Catalan: llombric
• Esperanto: lumbriko
• French: lombric
• Galician: lombriga
• Ido: lombriko
• Italian: lombrico
• Portuguese: lombriga
• Romanian: limbric
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *lumbrix
  • Spanish: lombriz
• Translingual: Lumbricus

References

• “lumbricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lumbricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.