cervix
See also: cérvix
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin cervīx (“neck”), see below.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)
- (anatomy) The neck
- The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
- The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
neck — see neck
neck-like part — see neck
lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
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DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin cervīx, see below.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cervix m (plural cervixen or cervices, diminutive cervixje n)
SynonymsEdit
- (neck): nek, hals
- (uterus portion): baarmoederhals
Derived termsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head”) (cf. cerebrum) and *weyk- (“to become equal, to exchange”) (cf. vinciō), i.e. "where the head turns".
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈker.wiːks/, [ˈkɛr.wiːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.viks/, [ˈt͡ʃɛr.viks]
NounEdit
cervīx f (genitive cervīcis); third declension
- (anatomy) The neck of a person or animal.
- (by extension) The neck of an object (e.g. bottle).
- (figuratively) Boldness, headstrong behavior.
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cervīx | cervīcēs |
Genitive | cervīcis | cervīcum |
Dative | cervīcī | cervīcibus |
Accusative | cervīcem | cervīcēs |
Ablative | cervīce | cervīcibus |
Vocative | cervīx | cervīcēs |
SynonymsEdit
- (neck): collum
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- cervix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cervix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cervix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cervix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to break a person's neck: cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuius
- a sword hangs over his neck: gladius cervicibus impendet
- the foe is at our heels, is upon us: hostis in cervicibus alicuius est
- to shake off the yoke of slavery: iugum servile a cervicibus deicere (Phil. 1. 2. 6)
- to break a person's neck: cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuius