"ulcus" meaning in Latin

See ulcus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈʊɫ.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈul.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From earlier *olcos, from Proto-Italic *elkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“wound, illness, ulcer”), from the root *h₁elḱ-; compare Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), English ill. Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*elkos}} Proto-Italic *elkos, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*h₁élḱos||wound, illness, ulcer}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“wound, illness, ulcer”), {{cog|grc|ἕλκος||wound, ulcer}} Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), {{cog|en|ill}} English ill, {{cog|sa|अर्शस्||hemorrhoids|tr=árśas}} Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”) Head templates: {{la-noun|ulcus/ulcer<3>}} ulcus n (genitive ulceris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ulcus/ulcer<3>}} Forms: ulceris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ulcus [nominative, singular], ulcera [nominative, plural], ulceris [genitive, singular], ulcerum [genitive, plural], ulcerī [dative, singular], ulceribus [dative, plural], ulcus [accusative, singular], ulcera [accusative, plural], ulcere [ablative, singular], ulceribus [ablative, plural], ulcus [singular, vocative], ulcera [plural, vocative]
  1. sore, ulcer, wound Tags: declension-3, neuter Derived forms: exulcerō, ulcerō, ulcerōsus, ulcus crūris [New-Latin], ulcusculum Related terms: vulnus

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "úlcera"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ulcus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "úcera"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "ulcera"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Persian",
                  "lang_code": "fa",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "roman": "ulser",
                  "word": "اولسر"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Romanian",
                  "lang_code": "ro",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "word": "ulcer"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Turkish",
                  "lang_code": "tr",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "word": "ülser"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "ulcère"
            },
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "ulcer"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle French",
          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "ulcere"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "ulcere"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "úlcera"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "úlcera"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*elkos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *elkos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁élḱos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wound, illness, ulcer"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“wound, illness, ulcer”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἕλκος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wound, ulcer"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ill"
      },
      "expansion": "English ill",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अर्शस्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hemorrhoids",
        "tr": "árśas"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier *olcos, from Proto-Italic *elkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“wound, illness, ulcer”), from the root *h₁elḱ-; compare Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), English ill. Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ulceris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulceris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulceribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulceribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulcus/ulcer<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "ulcus n (genitive ulceris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulcus/ulcer<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Diseases",
          "orig": "la:Diseases",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "exulcerō"
        },
        {
          "word": "ulcerō"
        },
        {
          "word": "ulcerōsus"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "New-Latin"
          ],
          "word": "ulcus crūris"
        },
        {
          "word": "ulcusculum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sore, ulcer, wound"
      ],
      "id": "en-ulcus-la-noun-2HjL9iRI",
      "links": [
        [
          "sore",
          "sore"
        ],
        [
          "ulcer",
          "ulcer"
        ],
        [
          "wound",
          "wound"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "vulnus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʊɫ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈul.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ulcus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "exulcerō"
    },
    {
      "word": "ulcerō"
    },
    {
      "word": "ulcerōsus"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "ulcus crūris"
    },
    {
      "word": "ulcusculum"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "úlcera"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ulcus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "úcera"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "ulcera"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Persian",
                  "lang_code": "fa",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "roman": "ulser",
                  "word": "اولسر"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Romanian",
                  "lang_code": "ro",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "word": "ulcer"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Turkish",
                  "lang_code": "tr",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "word": "ülser"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "French",
              "lang_code": "fr",
              "word": "ulcère"
            },
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "ulcer"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle French",
          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "ulcere"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "ulcere"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "úlcera"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "úlcera"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*elkos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *elkos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁élḱos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wound, illness, ulcer"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“wound, illness, ulcer”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἕλκος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wound, ulcer"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ill"
      },
      "expansion": "English ill",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अर्शस्",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hemorrhoids",
        "tr": "árśas"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier *olcos, from Proto-Italic *elkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“wound, illness, ulcer”), from the root *h₁elḱ-; compare Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), English ill. Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ulceris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulceris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcerum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcerī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulceribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulceribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ulcera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulcus/ulcer<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "ulcus n (genitive ulceris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ulcus/ulcer<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "vulnus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin neuter nouns",
        "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "la:Diseases"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sore, ulcer, wound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sore",
          "sore"
        ],
        [
          "ulcer",
          "ulcer"
        ],
        [
          "wound",
          "wound"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʊɫ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈul.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ulcus"
}

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