LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

mentīgō

mentīgō f (genitive mentīginis)
Classical[mɛnˈtiː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[menˈtiː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. a kind of eruption or scab on lambs
    ante AD 70, Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (author), E.S. Forster and Edward H. Heffner (editors), Res Rustica in On Agriculture, volume II: Books V–IX (1954), book vii, chapter v, § 21, page 275

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativementīgōmentīginēs
genitivementīginismentīginum
dativementīginīmentīginibus
accusativementīginemmentīginēs
ablativementīginementīginibus
vocativementīgōmentīginēs

mentīgo, ĭnis, f. mentum,
I. a kind of eruption, scab, on lambs (i. q. ostigo, q. v.), Col. 7, 5, 21.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  2. Proto-Italic*məntom
  3. Latinmentīgō

Latin -īgō Latin mentīgō From mentum (“the chin”) + -īgō (“diseased condition”).

Quick answers

What does mentīgō mean in Latin?
mentīgō, a noun, means “a kind of eruption or scab on lambs”.
What is the genitive of mentīgō?
The genitive singular is mentīginis. mentīgō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce mentīgō?
In classical Latin, [mɛnˈtiː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [menˈtiː.ɡo].
Where does mentīgō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós → Proto-Italic *məntom → Latin mentīgō.