uncinus
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɪnəs
Noun edit
uncinus (plural uncini)
- (meteorology) A cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations. Associated only with cirrus formations.
- (paleontology) The curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles.
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Translations edit
cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations
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(paleontology) curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of uncus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /unˈkiː.nus/, [ʊŋˈkiːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /unˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [un̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːnus]
Noun edit
uncīnus m (genitive uncīnī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | uncīnus | uncīnī |
Genitive | uncīnī | uncīnōrum |
Dative | uncīnō | uncīnīs |
Accusative | uncīnum | uncīnōs |
Ablative | uncīnō | uncīnīs |
Vocative | uncīne | uncīnī |
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Descendants edit
- Corsican: ancinu, oncinu, uncinu
- English: uncinus
- Galician: anciño
- Italian: uncino
- Portuguese: ancinho
- Sardinian: unchinu, uncinu
- Spanish: uncino
References edit
- “uncinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press