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noun · femininethird declension

ōstīgō

ōstīgō f (genitive ōstīginis)
Classical[oːsˈtiː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[osˈtiː.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
nominativeōstīgōōstīginēs
genitiveōstīginisōstīginum
dativeōstīginīōstīginibus
accusativeōstīginemōstīginēs
ablativeōstīgineōstīginibus
vocativeōstīgōōstīginēs

ostīgo, ĭnis, f., in the lang. of shepherds,
I. a kind of eruption or scab on lambs, also called mentigo, Col. 7, 5, 21; v. mentigo.

Origins

An irregular combination of ōs (“the mouth”) + -īgō (“diseased condition”), the spurious t inserted probably by analogy with the word’s synonym, mentīgō.

Quick answers

What does ōstīgō mean in Latin?
ōstīgō, a noun, means “a kind of eruption or scab on lambs”.
What is the genitive of ōstīgō?
The genitive singular is ōstīginis. ōstīgō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce ōstīgō?
In classical Latin, [oːsˈtiː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [osˈtiː.ɡo].