incus
English
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Location of the incus
Noun
incus (plural incudes)
- (anatomy) A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
- 2010, Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th edition, page 576
- The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles […] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus (ingʹkus; "anvil"); and the stapes (staʹpēz; "stirrup").
- 2010, Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th edition, page 576
- (meteorology) an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.
Synonyms
- (bone in the middle ear): anvil
- (cloud): anvil, thunderhead
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kys/
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Latin
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incūs (anvil)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.kuːs/, [ˈɪŋ.kuːs]
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | incūs | incūdēs |
Genitive | incūdis | incūdum |
Dative | incūdī | incūdibus |
Accusative | incūdem | incūdēs |
Ablative | incūde | incūdibus |
Vocative | incūs | incūdēs |
Descendants
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | incus | inca | incum | incī | incae | inca | |
Genitive | incī | incae | incī | incōrum | incārum | incōrum | |
Dative | incō | incae | incō | incīs | incīs | incīs | |
Accusative | incum | incam | incum | incōs | incās | inca | |
Ablative | incō | incā | incō | incīs | incīs | incīs | |
Vocative | ince | inca | incum | incī | incae | inca |
Related terms
References
- incus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- incus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- incus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- incus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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