uterus
English
Noun
Derived terms
- uterine
- corpus uteri
Related terms
- hystera
- hysteria
- hysterectomy
- in utero
Translations
womb — see womb
Further reading
- uterus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- uterus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- uterus at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) + *-eros (contrastive suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈʊ.tɛ.rʊs]
Noun
uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | uterus | uterī |
Genitive | uterī | uterōrum |
Dative | uterō | uterīs |
Accusative | uterum | uterōs |
Ablative | uterō | uterīs |
Vocative | utere | uterī |
Descendants
References
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 282
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “uterus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 647
Further reading
- uterus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- uterus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- uterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /utərus/
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