icterus
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) 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.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | icterus | icterī |
Genitive | icterī | icterōrum |
Dative | icterō | icterīs |
Accusative | icterum | icterōs |
Ablative | icterō | icterīs |
Vocative | ictere | icterī |
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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.