crus

See also: crûs

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin crūs.

Noun

crus (plural crura)

  1. The shin (tibia and fibula)
  2. A leglike part; shank

Etymology 2

Noun

crus

  1. plural of cru

Anagrams

Catalan

Adjective

crus

  1. masculine plural of cru

French

Pronunciation
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Adjective

crus (m-p)

  1. masculine plural of cru

Verb

crus m pl

  1. masculine plural of the past participle of croire

Latin

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱruH- based on Old Armenian սրունք (srunkʿ, “leg, shank”).[1] However, other etymologies have been proposed for the Armenian word, such as a loan from Iranian *sraun-[2] (cf. Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬌‎ (sraoni)) among others.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

crūs n (genitive crūris); third declension

  1. leg

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crūs crūra
Genitive crūris crūrum
Dative crūrī crūribus
Accusative crūs crūra
Ablative crūre crūribus
Vocative crūs crūra

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “crūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 147
  2. Robert S. P. Beekes, “Historical Phonology of Classical Armenian”, in Armeniaca: Comparative Notes. With an Appendix on the Historical Phonology of Classical Armenian by Robert S.P. Beekes, ed. Frederik Kortlandt (Ann Arbor: Caravan, 2003): 175, 196.
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “srun-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 586

Further reading
  • crus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • crus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • crus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • crus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norman

Verb

crus

  1. first-person singular preterite of craithe

Portuguese

Adjective

crus

  1. Masculine plural of adjective cru.
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