vermina

vermina

1. inflection of verminare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• minerva

On the surface appears to be the same root as vermis (“worm”) +‎ -men, but de Vaan believes this is a folk-etymological association and that it derives from the root of vergō (“to turn”), pointing to Proto-Italic *wergmen.^[1] (Note the parallel historical semantics of tormina).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.mi.na/, [ˈu̯ɛrmɪnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.mi.na/, [ˈvɛrminä]

vermina n pl (genitive verminum); third declension

1. the gripes, bellyache, stomachache

   Synonym: tormina

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), plural only.

• vermina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• vermina in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “vermina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

vermina f (plural verminas)

1. vermin (creatures, people or thing that cause harm and annoyance)