arcus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin arcus. Doublet of arc and arco. Distantly related to arrow.
Noun
[edit]arcus (plural arcus)
- (medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
- (meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
- (entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
- (palynology) An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *arkuos (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos (“bow, arrow”). Cognate to Old English earh, whence English arrow, as well as Proto-Slavic *orkyta (“willow”) and Ancient Greek ἄρκευθος (árkeuthos, “juniper”), owing to juniper and willow twigs being used to make bows due to their flexibility.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈar.kus/, [ˈärkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.kus/, [ˈärkus]
Noun
[edit]arcus m (genitive arcūs); fourth declension
Declension
[edit]Fourth-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ubus).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | arcus | arcūs |
genitive | arcūs | arcuum |
dative | arcuī | arcubus |
accusative | arcum | arcūs |
ablative | arcū | arcubus |
vocative | arcus | arcūs |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “arcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “arcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arcus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- arcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “arcus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arcus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “arcus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “arcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 52
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