phagedaena

English

Noun

phagedaena (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of phagedena.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαγέδαινα (phagédaina).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pʰa.ɡɛˈdae̯.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fa.d͡ʒeˈdɛː.na]

Noun

phagedaena f (genitive phagedaenae); first declension

1. (medicine) cancer

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	phagedaena	phagedaenae
genitive	phagedaenae	phagedaenārum
dative	phagedaenae	phagedaenīs
accusative	phagedaenam	phagedaenās
ablative	phagedaenā	phagedaenīs
vocative	phagedaena	phagedaenae

Derived terms

• phagedaenicus

References

• “phagedaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press