viscus

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin viscus (“any internal organ of the body”), perhaps akin to English viscid.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: viscous
  • Rhymes: -ɪskəs

Noun

viscus (plural viscera)

  1. (anatomy) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
  2. Specifically, the intestines.

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References

  • viscus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • viscus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • viscus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Etymology

Of unclear origin;[1] possibly Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to turn, rotate”).

Pronunciation

Noun

viscus n (genitive visceris); third declension

  1. Any internal organ of the body.
  2. (anatomy) entrails, viscera

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative viscus viscera
genitive visceris viscerum
dative viscerī visceribus
accusative viscus viscera
ablative viscere visceribus
vocative viscus viscera

Derived terms

  • viscerālis

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Further reading

  • viscus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • viscus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • viscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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