vermifugus

Latin

Etymology

From vermis (“worm”) +‎ -i- (linking vowel) +‎ fugō (“to expel, put to flight”) +‎ -us (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯erˈmi.fu.ɡus/, [u̯ɛrˈmɪfʊɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈmi.fu.ɡus/, [verˈmiːfuɡus]

Adjective

vermifugus (feminine vermifuga, neuter vermifugum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin, pharmacology) worm-expelling, anthelmintic, destructive to parasitic intestinal worms

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vermifugus	vermifuga	vermifugum		vermifugī	vermifugae	vermifuga
genitive	vermifugī	vermifugae	vermifugī		vermifugōrum	vermifugārum	vermifugōrum
dative	vermifugō	vermifugae	vermifugō		vermifugīs
accusative	vermifugum	vermifugam	vermifugum		vermifugōs	vermifugās	vermifuga
ablative	vermifugō	vermifugā	vermifugō		vermifugīs
vocative	vermifuge	vermifuga	vermifugum		vermifugī	vermifugae	vermifuga

Descendants

• → English: vermifuge
• English: vermifugous
• Portuguese: vermífugo
• Spanish: vermífugo
• Italian: vermifugo