hiulcus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From hiō (“yawn, gape”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hiˈul.kus/, [hiˈʊɫ̪kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈul.kus/, [iˈulkus]
Adjective edit
hiulcus (feminine hiulca, neuter hiulcum, adverb hiulcē); first/second-declension adjective
- gaping, split, cleft, opened, open; cracked
- (poetic) destroying, cleaving
- (figuratively) not well connected, forming a hiatus, disconnected
- (figuratively) eager, longing, desirous
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | hiulcus | hiulca | hiulcum | hiulcī | hiulcae | hiulca | |
| Genitive | hiulcī | hiulcae | hiulcī | hiulcōrum | hiulcārum | hiulcōrum | |
| Dative | hiulcō | hiulcō | hiulcīs | ||||
| Accusative | hiulcum | hiulcam | hiulcum | hiulcōs | hiulcās | hiulca | |
| Ablative | hiulcō | hiulcā | hiulcō | hiulcīs | |||
| Vocative | hiulce | hiulca | hiulcum | hiulcī | hiulcae | hiulca | |
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "desirous, eager"): incūriōsus, neglegēns
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “hiulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hiulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hiulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.