icterus
See also: Icterus
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Latin icterus, from the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”).
Noun
editicterus (uncountable)
Derived terms
editTranslations
edit(medicine) An excess of bile pigments in the blood
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”, “a bird of a yellowish-green colour, perhaps the golden oriole”), of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly related to ἴκτις (íktis, “weasel”), ἴκτινος (íktinos), or of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈik.te.rus/, [ˈɪkt̪ɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈik.te.rus/, [ˈikt̪erus]
Noun
editicterus m (genitive icterī); second declension
- a yellow bird, otherwise unknown, the sight of which was said to cure jaundice; perhaps loriot, golden oriole
Usage notes
editDeclension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | icterus | icterī |
Genitive | icterī | icterōrum |
Dative | icterō | icterīs |
Accusative | icterum | icterōs |
Ablative | icterō | icterīs |
Vocative | ictere | icterī |
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “ictĕrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ictĕrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 765/1.
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