intercus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]inter + cutis (“skin”). The nominative singular intercus is a back-formation from the oblique forms.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈter.kus/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛrkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈter.kus/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛrkus]
Adjective
[edit]intercus (genitive intercutis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (medicine) under the skin, intercutaneous, subcutaneous
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective or third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | intercus intercutis |
intercus intercute |
intercutēs | intercutia | |
Genitive | intercutis | intercutium | |||
Dative | intercutī | intercutibus | |||
Accusative | intercutem | intercus intercute |
intercutēs intercutīs |
intercutia | |
Ablative | intercutī intercute |
intercutibus | |||
Vocative | intercus intercutis |
intercus intercute |
intercutēs | intercutia |
Derived terms
[edit]- aqua intercus, morbus intercus (“dropsy”)
References
[edit]- “intercus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intercus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers