English

Noun

verruca ‎(plural verrucas or verrucae)

1. (pathology) A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus.
2. (mycology) A rounded projection or wart.
3. (botany) A sexine element similar to a wart

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Latin

Noun

verruca f ‎(plural verruche)

1. (medicine) verruca

Anagrams

• curvare, curverà

Latin

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /werˈruː.ka/, [wɛrˈruː.ka]

Noun

verrūca f ‎(genitive verrūcae); first declension

1. a steep place, height
2. A wart on the human body.
3. An excrescence on precious stones.

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

• verrucaria
• verrucula

Descendants

References

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