lacertus
Contents
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Latin, the upper arm.
NounEdit
lacertus (plural lacerti)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lacertus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
The origin is uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *Hlak-, *lēk- (“leg; the main muscle of the arm or leg”). See English leg.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lacertus m (genitive lacertī); second declension
- (anatomy) The muscular part of the upper arm, including the shoulder, biceps, and triceps.
- The arm
- muscle (strength)
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lacertus | lacertī |
| genitive | lacertī | lacertōrum |
| dative | lacertō | lacertīs |
| accusative | lacertum | lacertōs |
| ablative | lacertō | lacertīs |
| vocative | lacerte | lacertī |
Related termsEdit
NounEdit
lacertus m (genitive lacertī); second declension (feminine lacerta)
- A lizard
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lacertus | lacertī |
| genitive | lacertī | lacertōrum |
| dative | lacertō | lacertīs |
| accusative | lacertum | lacertōs |
| ablative | lacertō | lacertīs |
| vocative | lacerte | lacertī |
Alternative formsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Asturian: llagartu, llagartesa
- Catalan: llangardaix, lluert
- Dalmatian: lačas
- English: lizard, alligator
- French: lézard
- Galician: lagarto
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)