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Webster 1913 Edition


Rabies


Ra′bi-es

(rā′bĭ-ēz)
,
Noun.
[L. See
Rage
,
Noun.
]
Same as
Hydrophobia
(b)
; canine madness.

Definition 2024


rabies

rabies

See also: rabiés and ràbies

English

Noun

rabies (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) A disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.

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Latin

Etymology

From rab- + -iēs

Pronunciation

Noun

rabiēs f (genitive rabiēī); fifth declension

  1. rage
  2. madness

Inflection

  • The genitive singular appears as rabiēs in Lucretius. The nominative, accusative and ablative singular are the only attested forms in Classical Latin.

Fifth declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative rabiēs rabiēs
genitive rabiēī rabiērum
dative rabiēī rabiēbus
accusative rabiem rabiēs
ablative rabiē rabiēbus
vocative rabiēs rabiēs

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Verb

rabies

  1. Informal second-person singular () negative imperative form of rabiar.
  2. Informal second-person singular () present subjunctive form of rabiar.