bubones

Latin

Alternative forms

• būbō sg

Etymology

Medieval Latin; from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [buːˈboː.neːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [buˈbɔː.nes]

Noun

būbōnēs m pl (genitive būbōnum); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin, plural only) buboes; inflamed swellings of the lymph nodes.

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	būbōnēs
genitive	būbōnum
dative	būbōnibus
accusative	būbōnēs
ablative	būbōnibus
vocative	būbōnēs

Derived terms

• būbōnicus

Related terms

• būbōnium

Descendants

• → Catalan: bubó
• → French: bubon
  • → Portuguese: bubão
• → Italian: bubbone
• → Spanish: bubón

References

• "bubones", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Noun

bubones m pl

1. plural of bubón