uncinus

English

Cirrus uncinus cloud formations.

Etymology

From Latin uncīnus (“hook”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪnəs

Noun

uncinus (plural uncini)

1. (meteorology) A cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations. Associated only with cirrus formations.
2. (paleontology) The curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles.

Related terms

• unciform

Translations

cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations

• Finnish: jalaspilvi

(paleontology) curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles

References

• AMS Glossary of Meteorology

Anagrams

• nuncius

Latin

duō uncīnī (two hooks)

Etymology

Diminutive of uncus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /unˈkiː.nus/, [ʊŋˈkiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /unˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [un̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːnus]

Noun

uncīnus m (genitive uncīnī); second declension

1. hook, barb

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	uncīnus	uncīnī
Genitive	uncīnī	uncīnōrum
Dative	uncīnō	uncīnīs
Accusative	uncīnum	uncīnōs
Ablative	uncīnō	uncīnīs
Vocative	uncīne	uncīnī

Derived terms

• uncātus
• uncīnātus
• uncīnulus

Descendants

• Corsican: ancinu, oncinu, uncinu
• English: uncinus
• Galician: anciño
• Italian: uncino
• Portuguese: ancinho
• Sardinian: unchinu, uncinu
• Spanish: uncino

References

• “uncinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press