arcus
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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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos (“bow, arrow”). Cognate to Old English earh, whence English arrow.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | arcus | arcūs |
Genitive | arcūs | arcuum |
Dative | arcuī | arcubus |
Accusative | arcum | arcūs |
Ablative | arcū | arcubus |
Vocative | arcus | arcūs |
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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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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