LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vitilīgō

vitilīgō f (genitive vitilīginis)
Classical[wɪ.tɪˈliː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[vi.tiˈliː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. a skin disease, tetter
  2. leprosy

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevitilīgōvitilīginēs
genitivevitilīginisvitilīginum
dativevitilīginīvitilīginibus
accusativevitilīginemvitilīginēs
ablativevitilīginevitilīginibus
vocativevitilīgōvitilīginēs

vĭtĭlīgo, ĭnis, f. vitium,
I. a kind of cutaneous eruption, tetter, Cels. 5, 28, 19; Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 369 Müll.; Plin. 20, 15, 59, § 165; 21, 19, 75, § 129; 22, 25, 74, § 156; Just. 36, 2, 12; App. Mag. p. 306, 14.

Origins

From an unknown stem with the disease suffix -īgō. Related to vitium, but not directly derived from it on account of the l.

Descendants
  • Englishvitiligo
  • Frenchvitiligo
  • Romanianvitiligofrom French vitiligo
  • Italianvitiligine
  • Portuguesevitiligo
  • Spanishvitiligo
  • Russianвитили́го

In English words that came into English from vitilīgō

  • vitiligovitilīgō

Quick answers

What does vitilīgō mean in Latin?
vitilīgō, a noun, means “a skin disease, tetter; leprosy”.
What is the genitive of vitilīgō?
The genitive singular is vitilīginis. vitilīgō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vitilīgō?
In classical Latin, [wɪ.tɪˈliː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vi.tiˈliː.ɡo].