helluo librorum

短语

发音

UK /ˌhɛljʊəʊ lɪˈbɹɔːɹəm/
其它
US /ˌhɛljuoʊ lɪˈbɹɔ(ə)ɹəm/
US /-lə-/
UK /ˌhɛljʊˈəʊniːz lɪˈbɹɔːɹəm/
US /ˌhɛljuˈoʊniz lɪˈbɹɔ(ə)ɹəm/

词形变化

helluones librorum 复数 helluones librorum

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An insatiable and obsessive bookworm (“avid book reader”).

    古体 文学

词源

Learned borrowing from Late Latin helluō librōrum (“glutton of books”), from Latin helluō (“glutton; squanderer”) + librōrum (“of books”). Helluō is derived from helluārī + -ō (suffix forming masculine agent nouns, nicknames, and other designations); helluārī is the present active infinitive of helluor (“to be a glutton, gormandize”), further etymology unknown. Librōrum is the genitive plural form of liber (“book; inner bark of a tree”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to cut off, peel”)). The plural form is also borrowed from Late Latin helluōnēs librōrum.

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