lacertus
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EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin lacertus (“muscle”), from Classical Latin lacertus (“upper arm”), possibly from lacerta (“lizard”). Compare muscle, derived from a supposed resemblance to little mice.
NounEdit
lacertus (plural lacerti)
ReferencesEdit
- lacertus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- "lacert, n.²", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Uncertain.
NounEdit
lacertus m (genitive lacertī); second declension (feminine lacerta)
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lacertus | lacertī |
| genitive | lacertī | lacertōrum |
| dative | lacertō | lacertīs |
| accusative | lacertum | lacertōs |
| ablative | lacertō | lacertīs |
| vocative | lacerte | lacertī |
Etymology 2Edit
Uncertain. Possibly from lacerta (“lizard”), as musculus derived from a supposed resemblance to little mice; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *Hlak-, *lēk- (“leg, q.v.”)
NounEdit
lacertus m (genitive lacertī); second declension
- (anatomy) The muscular part of the upper arm, including the shoulder, biceps, and triceps.
- (anatomy) The arm.
- (anatomy, Late Latin) A muscle.
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lacertus | lacertī |
| genitive | lacertī | lacertōrum |
| dative | lacertō | lacertīs |
| accusative | lacertum | lacertōs |
| ablative | lacertō | lacertīs |
| vocative | lacerte | lacertī |
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- lacertus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lacertus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lacertus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- "lacert, n.²", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.