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

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

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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