"verruca" meaning in Latin

See verruca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [wɛrˈruː.ka] [Classical-Latin], [verˈruː.ka] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *we/ors-u- + -ūca, from Proto-Indo-European *wers-, from *wer- (“highland, high”). Cognate with varus, varix, Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top”), Old Irish ferr (“best”), Old High German riso (“giant”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-pro|-}} Proto-Italic, {{af|la|-ūcus|alt1=-ūca}} -ūca, {{der|la|ine-pro|*wers-}} Proto-Indo-European *wers-, {{cog|cu|врьхъ||top, peak}} Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), {{cog|grc|ἕρμα||reef, rock, hill}} Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), {{cog|lt|viršùs||top}} Lithuanian viršùs (“top”), {{cog|sga|ferr||best}} Old Irish ferr (“best”), {{cog|goh|riso||giant}} Old High German riso (“giant”) Head templates: {{la-noun|verrūca<1>}} verrūca f (genitive verrūcae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|verrūca<1>}} Forms: verrūca [canonical, feminine], verrūcae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], verrūca [nominative, singular], verrūcae [nominative, plural], verrūcae [genitive, singular], verrūcārum [genitive, plural], verrūcae [dative, singular], verrūcīs [dative, plural], verrūcam [accusative, singular], verrūcās [accusative, plural], verrūcā [ablative, singular], verrūcīs [ablative, plural], verrūca [singular, vocative], verrūcae [plural, vocative]
  1. a steep place, height Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-verruca-la-noun-Tm3LSVWX
  2. a wart on the human body Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-verruca-la-noun-Kzfl-ybq
  3. an excrescence on precious stones Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-verruca-la-noun-u~ZdWeym Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ucus Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 5 8 35 1 1 31 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 5 89 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 20 33 47 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ucus: 33 21 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: verrucaria, verrucosus, verrucula 
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verrūcīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "verrūcīs",
          "verrucis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verrūcam",
      "links": [
        [
          "verrūcam",
          "verrucam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verrūcās",
      "links": [
        [
          "verrūcās",
          "verrucas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verrūcā",
      "links": [
        [
          "verrūcā",
          "verruca#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verrūcīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "verrūcīs",
          "verrucis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verrūca",
      "links": [
        [
          "verrūca",
          "verruca#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verrūcae",
      "links": [
        [
          "verrūcae",
          "verrucae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verrūca<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "verrūca f (genitive verrūcae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verrūca<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a steep place, height"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "height",
          "height"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a wart on the human body"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wart",
          "wart"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an excrescence on precious stones"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excrescence",
          "excrescence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[wɛrˈruː.ka]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[verˈruː.ka]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "verruca"
}

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