English

Noun

ulcus

1. (palynology) A rounded, pore-like aperture at either pole of a pollen grain

Derived terms

• ulcerate
• ulculus

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *olcos, from Proto-Italic *elkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elḱ- (compare Ancient Greek ἔλκος ‎(élkos, “wound, ulcer”), Norwegian ill ‎(“bad, sick”), Sanskrit अर्शस् ‎(árśas, “hemorrhoids”)).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.kus/, [ˈʊɫ.kʊs]

Noun

ulcus n ‎(genitive ulceris); third declension

1. sore, ulcer, wound

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Descendants

• French: ulcère
• Italian: ulcera

See also

• vulnus
• ulcus cruris

References

• ulcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ulcus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ulcus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, s.v. "ulcus" (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 637.