tussedo

Latin

Etymology

From tussiō (“I cough”) +‎ -ēdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tusˈseː.doː/, [t̪ʊs̠ˈs̠eːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tusˈse.do/, [t̪usˈsɛːd̪o]

Noun

tussēdō f (genitive tussēdinis); third declension

1. A cough, often persistent.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tussēdō	tussēdinēs
genitive	tussēdinis	tussēdinum
dative	tussēdinī	tussēdinibus
accusative	tussēdinem	tussēdinēs
ablative	tussēdine	tussēdinibus
vocative	tussēdō	tussēdinēs

Synonyms

• (cough): tussis

Related terms

• tussicula
• tussiculāris
• tussiculōsus
• tussicus
• tussiēns
• tussilāgō
• tussiō
• tussis

References

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