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Webster 1913 Edition
Vertigo
Ver′ti-go
(?; 277)
, Noun.
pl. E.
Vertigoes
(#)
, L. Vertigines
(#)
. [L., fr.
vertere
to turn. See Verse
.] 1.
(Med.)
Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness.
Quain.
2.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus
Vertigo
, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture. Webster 1828 Edition
Vertigo
VERT'IGO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
vertigo
vertigo
English
Noun
vertigo (countable and uncountable, plural vertigos or vertigoes)
- A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
- A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.
- The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.
Synonyms
Translations
sensation of whirling and loss of balance
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From vertō (“to spin”) + -gō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /werˈtiː.ɡoː/, [wɛrˈtiː.ɡoː]
Noun
vertīgō f (genitive vertīginis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vertīgō | vertīginēs |
| genitive | vertīginis | vertīginum |
| dative | vertīginī | vertīginibus |
| accusative | vertīginem | vertīginēs |
| ablative | vertīgine | vertīginibus |
| vocative | vertīgō | vertīginēs |
References
- vertigo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vertigo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vertigo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.