ulcus
English
Latin
Etymology
From earlier *olcos, from Proto-Italic *elkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elk- (“wound, illness, ulcer”) (compare Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Old Norse illr (“bad, sick”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈul.kus/, [ˈʊɫ.kʊs]
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ulcus | ulcera |
Genitive | ulceris | ulcerum |
Dative | ulcerī | ulceribus |
Accusative | ulcus | ulcera |
Ablative | ulcere | ulceribus |
Vocative | ulcus | ulcera |
See also
- vulnus
- ulcus cruris
References
- ulcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ulcus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, s.v. "ulcus" (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 637.
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