cicatrix
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪ.kəˌtɹɪks/, /sɪˈkeɪ.tɹɪks/
- Hyphenation: cic‧a‧trix
NounEdit
cicatrix (plural cicatrixes or cicatrices)
- A scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively).
- 1938, Herbert Xavier, Capricornia, Chapter II, p. 21,
- He stopped to stare at two old men who sat beside the fire, naked and daubed with red and white ochre and adorned about arms and legs and breasts with elaborate systems of cicatrix.
- 1938, Herbert Xavier, Capricornia, Chapter II, p. 21,
TranslationsEdit
scar that remains after the development of new tissue — see scar
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unknown etymology, possibly from a substrate.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kiˈkaː.triːks/, [kɪˈkaː.t̪ɾiːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈka.triks/, [t͡ʃiˈkaː.t̪riks]
NounEdit
cicātrīx f (genitive cicātrīcis); third declension
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cicātrīx | cicātrīcēs |
Genitive | cicātrīcis | cicātrīcum |
Dative | cicātrīcī | cicātrīcibus |
Accusative | cicātrīcem | cicātrīcēs |
Ablative | cicātrīce | cicātrīcibus |
Vocative | cicātrīx | cicātrīcēs |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- cicatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cicatrix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cicatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera (cicatrices) adversa (opp. aversa)
- to open an old wound: refricare vulnus, cicatricem obductam
- wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera (cicatrices) adversa (opp. aversa)