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Uncus
‖
Un′cus
,Noun.
pl.
Unci
(#)
. [L.]
(Zool.)
A hook or claw.
Definition 2024
uncus
uncus
English
Noun
uncus (plural unci)
- (zoology) A hook or claw.
- (anatomy) Hence, any body part which is long, thin, and curved.
- (anatomy) Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe; also called the uncinate gyrus or uncus gyri parahippocampalis.
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂onkos (“hook”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos) and Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅká).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈun.kus/, [ˈʊŋ.kʊs]
Noun
uncus m (genitive uncī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | uncus | uncī |
| genitive | uncī | uncōrum |
| dative | uncō | uncīs |
| accusative | uncum | uncōs |
| ablative | uncō | uncīs |
| vocative | unce | uncī |
Synonyms
- (hook, barb): uncīnus
Derived terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Uncifera
Adjective
uncus m (feminine unca, neuter uncum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | uncus | unca | uncum | uncī | uncae | unca | |
| genitive | uncī | uncae | uncī | uncōrum | uncārum | uncōrum | |
| dative | uncō | uncō | uncīs | ||||
| accusative | uncum | uncam | uncum | uncōs | uncās | unca | |
| ablative | uncō | uncā | uncō | uncīs | |||
| vocative | unce | unca | uncum | uncī | uncae | unca | |
Derived terms
Related terms
- uncātiō
- uncātus
- uncīnus
References
- uncus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- uncus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “uncus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.