verruca
English
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /vəˈɹuːkə/, (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛˈɹuːkə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːkə
Noun
[edit]verruca (plural verrucas or verrucae)
- (pathology) A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus.
- (mycology) A rounded projection or wart.
- (botany) A sexine element similar to a wart.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]wart — see wart
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]verruca f (plural verruche)
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *we/ors-u- + -ūca, from Proto-Indo-European *wers-, from *wer- (“highland, high”). Cognate with varus, varix, Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top”), Old Irish ferr (“best”), Old High German riso (“giant”) [1].
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯erˈruː.ka/, [u̯ɛrˈruːkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈru.ka/, [verˈruːkä]
Noun
[edit]verrūca f (genitive verrūcae); first declension
- a steep place, height
- A wart on the human body.
- An excrescence on precious stones.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | verrūca | verrūcae |
| genitive | verrūcae | verrūcārum |
| dative | verrūcae | verrūcīs |
| accusative | verrūcam | verrūcās |
| ablative | verrūcā | verrūcīs |
| vocative | verrūca | verrūcae |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “verrūca”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 666
Further reading
[edit]- “verruca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “verruca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- verruca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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