LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

haemorrhoida

haemorrhoida f (genitive haemorrhoidae)
Classical[hae̯.mɔrˈrʰo.ɪ.da]Ecclesiastical[e.morˈrɔː.i.da]

Meaning

  1. femininein plurala hemorrhoid; a pile (vein liable to discharge blood)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehaemorrhoidahaemorrhoidae
genitivehaemorrhoidaehaemorrhoidārum
dativehaemorrhoidaehaemorrhoidīs
accusativehaemorrhoidamhaemorrhoidās
ablativehaemorrhoidāhaemorrhoidīs
vocativehaemorrhoidahaemorrhoidae

haemorrhŏĭda, ae, f. (discharging blood; written as Greek, αἱμορροΐς, Cels. 6, 18, 9).
I. In medic., the piles, hemorrhoids, Plin. 23, 7, 71, § 137; Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1, 2; Amm. 30, 6, 5.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs), from αἱμορροέω (haimorrhoéō, “to lose blood”) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s), from αἱμο- (haimo-, “blood”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).

Descendants
  • Catalanhemorroide
  • Englishhemorrhoidsfrom Middle English emeroides
  • Englishhaemorrhoidsfrom Middle English emeroides
  • Englishemerodsfrom Middle English emeroides
  • Frenchhémorroïde
  • Romanianhemoroidfrom French hémorroïde
  • GermanHämorrhoide
  • Italianemorroide
  • Portuguesehemorroida
  • Spanishhemorroide

Quick answers

What does haemorrhoida mean in Latin?
haemorrhoida, a noun, means “a hemorrhoid; a pile (vein liable to discharge blood)”.
What is the genitive of haemorrhoida?
The genitive singular is haemorrhoidae. haemorrhoida is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce haemorrhoida?
In classical Latin, [hae̯.mɔrˈrʰo.ɪ.da]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.morˈrɔː.i.da].