ulcus

English

Etymology

From Latin ulcus (“sore”)

Noun

ulcus

  1. (palynology) A rounded, pore-like aperture at either pole of a pollen grain.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *olcos, from Proto-Italic *elkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elk- (“wound, illness, ulcer”) (compare Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Old Norse illr (“bad, sick”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈul.kus/, [ˈʊɫ.kʊs]

Noun

ulcus n (genitive ulceris); third declension

  1. sore, ulcer, wound

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ulcus ulcera
genitive ulceris ulcerum
dative ulcerī ulceribus
accusative ulcus ulcera
ablative ulcere ulceribus
vocative ulcus ulcera

Descendants

See also

References

  • ulcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ulcus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. ↑ Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, s.v. "ulcus" (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 637.
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