pleuritis

English

Etymology

pleura +‎ -itis or borrowed from Latin pleuritis.

Noun

pleuritis (usually uncountable, plural pleuritides)

1. Pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura).

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pleuritis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpløːˈri.təs/

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• Hyphenation: pleu‧ri‧tis
• Rhymes: -itəs

Noun

pleuritis f (uncountable)

1. pleurisy, pleuritis

   Synonym: pleuris

Interlingua

Noun

pleuritis (uncountable)

1. pleuritis, pleurisy

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλευρῖτῐς (pleurîtis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pleu̯ˈriː.tis/, [pɫ̪ɛu̯ˈriːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pleu̯ˈri.tis/, [pleu̯ˈriːt̪is]

Noun

pleurītis f (genitive pleurītidis); third declension

1. a sharp pain in the side, pleurisy

   Synonym: dolor lateris m (pure Latin)

   • c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 1.6.3:

     arthritis, tussis, pleuritis, phthisis

2. register (in a hydraulic organ)
   • c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 10.13, (dubious)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pleurītis	pleurītidēs
Genitive	pleurītidis	pleurītidum
Dative	pleurītidī	pleurītidibus
Accusative	pleurītidem	pleurītidēs
Ablative	pleurītide	pleurītidibus
Vocative	pleurītis	pleurītidēs

Related terms

• pleura f
• pleuricus (adjective)
• pleurida n pl (heraldry)
• pleurimonia f
• pleuris (noun)
• pleurisis f
• pleurīticus (adjective)
• Pleurōn f

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: pleuritis
• → English: pleuritis

Further reading

• “pleurītis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pleurītis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1190/2.