helluo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin helluo (“glutton, squanderer”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

helluo (plural helluos)

  1. (obsolete) A glutton, a gormandizer.

References

  1. ^ “helluo, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2008.

Latin

Alternative forms

  • hēluō, elluō

Etymology

From helluārī (“to be a glutton, gormandize”) +‎ -ō (suffix forming masculine agent nouns, nicknames, and other designations);[1] further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

helluō m (genitive helluōnis); third declension

  1. glutton
    Synonyms: lurcō, cataphagās, comedō, edō, dēgulātor, gāneō, gluttō, gulō, gumia, mandō, mandūcō, phagō, polyphagus, catīllō
  2. squanderer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative helluō helluōnēs
genitive helluōnis helluōnum
dative helluōnī helluōnibus
accusative helluōnem helluōnēs
ablative helluōne helluōnibus
vocative helluō helluōnēs

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Compare “helluo, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2008.
  • “helluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “helluo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “helluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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