Virus
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin virus (“venom or poison”).
Proper noun
[edit]Virus n
- The taxonomic kingdom made up of the viruses, submicroscopic non-cellular structures consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that require a living host cell to replicate, and often cause disease in the host.
Usage notes
[edit]- Virus is the only taxon in this kingdom that is not italicized, in contrast to the practice in other kingdoms, in which only taxa at the rank of genus and below are italicized.
Hyponyms
[edit]- ICTV taxonomy (2019)
- Duplodnaviria, Monodnaviria, Riboviria, Varidnaviria - realms
- ICTV taxonomy
- (kingdom): Caudovirales; Herpesvirales; Ligamenvirales; Mononegavirales; Nidovirales; Picornavirales; Tymovirales - orders
- Adenoviridae, Ampullaviridae; Arenaviridae; Ascoviridae; Asfarviridae; Astroviridae; Avsunviroidae; Baculoviridae; Barnaviridae; Birnaviridae; Bromoviridae; Bunyaviridae; Caliciviridae; Caulimoviridae; Chrysoviridae; Circoviridae; Closteroviridae; Corticoviridae; Cystoviridae; Endornaviridae; Flaviviridae; Flexiviridae; Fuselloviridae; Geminiviridae; Globuloviridae; Guttaviridae; Hepadnaviridae; Hypoviridae; Inoviridae; Iridoviridae; Leviviridae; Luteoviridae; Metaviridae; Microviridae; Mimiviridae; Nanoviridae; Narnaviridae; Nimaviridae; Nodaviridae; Ophioviridae; Orthomyxoviridae; Papillomaviridae; Partitiviridae; Parvoviridae; Phycodnaviridae; Picobirnaviridae; Plasmaviridae; Polydnaviridae; Polyomaviridae; Pospiviroidae; Potyviridae; Poxviridae; Pseudoviridae; Reoviridae; Retroviridae; Tectiviridae; Tetraviridae; Togaviridae; Tombusviridae; Totiviridae - unassigned families
- Bacilladnavirus; Cilevirus; Deltavirus; Dinodnavirus; Emaravirus; Higrevirus; Idaeovirus; Ourmiavirus; Polemovirus; Rhizidiovirus; Salterprovirus; Sobemovirus; Tenuivirus; Umbravirus; Varicosavirus - unassigned genera
- I dsDNA virus; II ssDNA virus; III dsRNA virus; IV (+)ssRNA virus; V (-)ssRNA virus; VI ssRNA-RT virus; VII dsDNA-RT virus - groups
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Virus n or m (strong, genitive Virus, plural Viren or (taxonomic rank) Vira or (nonstandard) Virusse)
- virus
- 1932, Ergebnisse der gesamten Medizin, Band 17, Urban & Schwarzenberg, page 132:
- Völlig verfehlt ist die Vorstellung, als ob die Virusse nichts anderes wären als ganz kleine Bakterien oder kleinste, uns bisher nicht sichtbare Formen dieser Lebewesen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1940, Eugen Haagen, “4. Viruskrankheiten”, in Hans Reiter, Bernhard Möllers, editors, Carl Flügges Grundriss der Hygiene für studierende und praktische Ärzte[,] Medizinal- und Verwaltungsbeamte. Elfte Auflage, Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer, page 792:
- Die Vira stellen eine wichtige Gruppe von Krankheitserregern dar, die im System der Mirkoorganismen eine besondere Stellung einnehmen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (computing) computer virus
- Synonym: Computervirus
- Coordinate term: Trojaner
- 2012, Alois Potton, Abgründe der Informatik: Geheimnisse und Gemeinheiten, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 117:
- Eigentlich war der Virus sogar recht angenehm, denn wenn ich eine Sache aus Faulheit liegengelassen hatte, dann habe ich dringliche Mahnungen gern damit abgewimmelt, dass durch ILOVEYOU leider die betreffenden Dateien zerstört […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
[edit]- The plural Vira is used with neuter gender.
- Regardless of gender, the regular plural form is Viren. Vira specifically refers to the taxonomic rank, Virusse is nonstandard.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Virus [neuter // masculine, strong]
Related terms
[edit](biology):
- Viruserkrankung, Virusinfektion, Virusträger, Virusübertragung
- Coronavirus, Grippevirus, Herpesvirus, HIV, Influenzavirus, Pockenvirus, Retrovirus, SARS-Virus, Tollwutvirus
(computing):
Further reading
[edit]- “Virus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Virus” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Virus” in Duden online
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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Proper noun
[edit]Virus m sg (genitive Virī); second declension
- A river in Hispania Tarraconensis, now the Anllóns
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Virus |
Genitive | Virī |
Dative | Virō |
Accusative | Virum |
Ablative | Virō |
Vocative | Vire |
References
[edit]- “Virus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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