icterus
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See also: Icterus
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Latin icterus, from the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”).
Noun
[edit]icterus (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit](medicine) An excess of bile pigments in the blood
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”, “a bird of a yellowish-green colour, perhaps the golden oriole”), of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly related to ἴκτις (íktis, “weasel”), ἴκτινος (íktinos), or of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈik.te.rus/, [ˈɪkt̪ɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈik.te.rus/, [ˈikt̪erus]
Noun
[edit]icterus m (genitive icterī); second declension
- a yellow bird, otherwise unknown, the sight of which was said to cure jaundice; perhaps loriot, golden oriole
Usage notes
[edit]Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | icterus | icterī |
genitive | icterī | icterōrum |
dative | icterō | icterīs |
accusative | icterum | icterōs |
ablative | icterō | icterīs |
vocative | ictere | icterī |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “ictĕrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ictĕrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 765/1.
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