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Cirrus
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Cir′rus
,Noun.
pl.
Cirri
(#)
. [L., lock, curl, ringlet.]
[Also written
cirrhus
.] 1.
(Bot.)
A tendril or clasper.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.
(b)
☞ In some of the inferior animals the cirri aid in locomotion; in others they are used in feeding; in the Annelida they are mostly organs of touch. Some cirri are branchial in function.
3.
(Zool.)
The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.
Definition 2024
cirrus
cirrus
English
Noun
cirrus (plural cirri)
- (botany) A tendril.
- (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.
- (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 15:
- The blue sky is glossy and fat with heat, a few thin cirri sheared to blown strands like hair at the rims.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 15:
Translations
cloud
|
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsirːus/
- Hyphenation: cir‧rus
Noun
cirrus
- cirrus (type of cloud)
Declension
| Inflection of cirrus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cirrus | cirrukset | |
| genitive | cirruksen | cirrusten cirruksien |
|
| partitive | cirrusta | cirruksia | |
| illative | cirrukseen | cirruksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | cirrus | cirrukset | |
| accusative | nom. | cirrus | cirrukset |
| gen. | cirruksen | ||
| genitive | cirruksen | cirrusten cirruksien |
|
| partitive | cirrusta | cirruksia | |
| inessive | cirruksessa | cirruksissa | |
| elative | cirruksesta | cirruksista | |
| illative | cirrukseen | cirruksiin | |
| adessive | cirruksella | cirruksilla | |
| ablative | cirrukselta | cirruksilta | |
| allative | cirrukselle | cirruksille | |
| essive | cirruksena | cirruksina | |
| translative | cirrukseksi | cirruksiksi | |
| instructive | — | cirruksin | |
| abessive | cirruksetta | cirruksitta | |
| comitative | — | cirruksineen | |
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
The origin is Unknown. There are no definitive cognates in other Indo-European languages.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkir.rus/, [ˈkɪr.rʊs]
Noun
cirrus m (genitive cirrī); second declension
- a curl
- the fringe of clothes
- the tentacle of an octopus
- the mane, especially the forelock, of a horse
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cirrus | cirrī |
| genitive | cirrī | cirrōrum |
| dative | cirrō | cirrīs |
| accusative | cirrum | cirrōs |
| ablative | cirrō | cirrīs |
| vocative | cirre | cirrī |
References
- cirrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cirrus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CIRRUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cirrus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cirrus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
