LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

haemorrhagia

haemorrhagia f (genitive haemorrhagiae)
Classical[hae̯.mɔrˈrʰa.ɡi.a]Ecclesiastical[e.morˈraː.d͡ʒi.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineA heavy release of blood within or from the body

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehaemorrhagiahaemorrhagiae
genitivehaemorrhagiaehaemorrhagiārum
dativehaemorrhagiaehaemorrhagiīs
accusativehaemorrhagiamhaemorrhagiās
ablativehaemorrhagiāhaemorrhagiīs
vocativehaemorrhagiahaemorrhagiae

haemorrhăgĭa, ae, f., = αἱμορραγία,
I. a violent bleeding, hemorrhage, bleeding at the nose, Plin. 23, 7, 67, § 132.

Origins

From Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”); see ῥήγνῡμῐ (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more.

Descendants
  • Englishhemorrhage
  • Englishhaemorrhage
  • Englishhæmorrhage
  • Italianemorragia

In English words that came into English from haemorrhagia

  • hemorrhagehaemorrhagia

Quick answers

What does haemorrhagia mean in Latin?
haemorrhagia, a noun, means “A heavy release of blood within or from the body”.
What is the genitive of haemorrhagia?
The genitive singular is haemorrhagiae. haemorrhagia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce haemorrhagia?
In classical Latin, [hae̯.mɔrˈrʰa.ɡi.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.morˈraː.d͡ʒi.a].