"hircus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhir.kus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈhɪrkʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈir.kus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈirkus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. As with other Indo-European words for “goat”, a reliable Proto-Indo-European etymon cannot be formally reconstructed. Nonetheless, compare Old High German irah, irh (“buck”), which Pokorny says is borrowed from the Latin. Possibly related to hirpus (“wolf”) and/or hirtus (“hairy, shaggy”); according to Pokorny, all three are from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Varro, in De Lingua Latina cites a Sabine form: fircus. Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{noncog|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|goh|irah}} Old High German irah, {{der|la|ine-pro|*ǵʰers-|t=to bristle}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”) Head templates: {{la-noun|hircus<2>}} hircus m (genitive hircī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|hircus<2>}} Forms: hircī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], hircus [nominative, singular], hircī [nominative, plural], hircī [genitive, singular], hircōrum [genitive, plural], hircō [dative, singular], hircīs [dative, plural], hircum [accusative, singular], hircōs [accusative, plural], hircō [ablative, singular], hircīs [ablative, plural], hirce [singular, vocative], hircī [plural, vocative]
  1. a buck, male goat Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms (male goat): caper
    Sense id: en-hircus-la-noun-KvHPJ8uW Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 46 19 35 Disambiguation of 'male goat': 100 0 0
  2. (by extension) the rank smell of the armpits Tags: broadly, declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Smell Categories (lifeform): Goats
    Sense id: en-hircus-la-noun-ISqsK4RK Disambiguation of Smell: 1 90 9 Disambiguation of Goats: 19 70 10 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 78 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 85 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 88 9
  3. (figuratively) a filthy person Tags: declension-2, figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-hircus-la-noun-jUCwJcAD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ircus Related terms: hircīnus, Hircipēs, hircōsus, hirculus Coordinate_terms: buccus, caper, capra, haedus

Inflected forms

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  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "buccus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "caper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "capra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "haedus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "erc"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: erc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: erc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "hircine",
            "3": "hircinous",
            "4": "hircose",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ English: hircine, hircinous, hircose",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ English: hircine, hircinous, hircose"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "hirco"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: hirco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: hirco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "irco"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: irco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: irco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "ircu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: ircu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: ircu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "hirco"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: hirco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: hirco"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "irah"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German irah",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "*ǵʰers-",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. As with other Indo-European words for “goat”, a reliable Proto-Indo-European etymon cannot be formally reconstructed. Nonetheless, compare Old High German irah, irh (“buck”), which Pokorny says is borrowed from the Latin. Possibly related to hirpus (“wolf”) and/or hirtus (“hairy, shaggy”); according to Pokorny, all three are from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”).\nVarro, in De Lingua Latina cites a Sabine form: fircus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hircī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hircus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hircī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hircī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hircōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hircō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hircīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hircum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hircōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hircō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hircīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hirce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hircī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hircus<2>"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hircus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hircīnus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Hircipēs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hircōsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hirculus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "46 19 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "a buck, male goat"
      ],
      "id": "en-hircus-la-noun-KvHPJ8uW",
      "links": [
        [
          "buck",
          "buck"
        ],
        [
          "goat",
          "goat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "male goat",
          "word": "caper"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 78 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 85 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 88 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 70 10",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Goats",
          "orig": "la:Goats",
          "parents": [
            "Caprines",
            "Livestock",
            "Even-toed ungulates",
            "Agriculture",
            "Animals",
            "Mammals",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Chordates",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 90 9",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Smell",
          "orig": "la:Smell",
          "parents": [
            "Senses",
            "Perception",
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the rank smell of the armpits"
      ],
      "id": "en-hircus-la-noun-ISqsK4RK",
      "links": [
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "smell",
          "smell"
        ],
        [
          "armpit",
          "armpit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) the rank smell of the armpits"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a filthy person"
      ],
      "id": "en-hircus-la-noun-jUCwJcAD",
      "links": [
        [
          "filthy",
          "filthy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a filthy person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhir.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɪrkʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈir.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈirkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ircus"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "De Lingua Latina",
    "Varro"
  ],
  "word": "hircus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Goats",
    "la:Smell"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "buccus"
    },
    {
      "word": "caper"
    },
    {
      "word": "capra"
    },
    {
      "word": "haedus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "erc"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: erc"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "hircine",
            "3": "hircinous",
            "4": "hircose",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ English: hircine, hircinous, hircose",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ English: hircine, hircinous, hircose"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "hirco"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: hirco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: hirco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "irco"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: irco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: irco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "ircu"
          },
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        }
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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        }
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    }
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        "table-tags"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "hircō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "hircīs",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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        "accusative",
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        "ablative",
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      ]
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      "form": "hircīs",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "hircī",
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      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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    {
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "hircīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hircipēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "hircōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "hirculus"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a buck, male goat"
      ],
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          "buck",
          "buck"
        ],
        [
          "goat",
          "goat"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the rank smell of the armpits"
      ],
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        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "smell",
          "smell"
        ],
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          "armpit",
          "armpit"
        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension) the rank smell of the armpits"
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a filthy person"
      ],
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        [
          "filthy",
          "filthy"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figuratively) a filthy person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhir.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɪrkʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈir.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈirkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "male goat",
      "word": "caper"
    },
    {
      "word": "ircus"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "De Lingua Latina",
    "Varro"
  ],
  "word": "hircus"
}

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