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See also: Anthrax
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “abscess, boil”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anthrax (usually uncountable, plural anthraxes)
- (pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
- The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.
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[edit]disease
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Czech
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anthrax m inan
- anthrax (an acute infectious bacterial disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, which can occur in humans)
Declension
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anthrax m (uncountable)
Further reading
[edit]- “anthrax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈan.tʰraks/, [ˈän̪t̪ʰräks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.traks/, [ˈän̪t̪räks]
Noun
[edit]anthrax m (genitive anthracis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | anthrax | anthracēs |
Genitive | anthracis | anthracum |
Dative | anthracī | anthracibus |
Accusative | anthracem | anthracēs |
Ablative | anthrace | anthracibus |
Vocative | anthrax | anthracēs |
References
[edit]- “anthrax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- anthrax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “anthrax”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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