phlebotomus

See also: Phlebotomus

Latin

Alternative forms

flebotomus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φλεβότομος (phlebótomos, “opening veins”), from φλέψ (phléps, “blood vessel”) +‎ τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰleˈbo.to.mus/, [pʰlɛˈbɔ.t̪ɔ.mʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fleˈbo.to.mus/, [flɛˈbɔː.t̪ɔ.mus]

Noun

phlebotomus m (genitive phlebotomī); second declension

Lancet, fleam.

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	phlebotomus	phlebotomī
Genitive	phlebotomī	phlebotomōrum
Dative	phlebotomō	phlebotomīs
Accusative	phlebotomum	phlebotomōs
Ablative	phlebotomō	phlebotomīs
Vocative	phlebotome	phlebotomī

References

phlebotomus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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