vermifugus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
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