cortex

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin cortex (cork, bark).

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Noun[edit]

cortex (countable and uncountable, plural cortexes or cortices)

  1. (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
  2. (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
  3. (archaeology) The outer surface of a piece of flint.

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(outer layer of an animalian organ or body structure):

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(botany):

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Further reading[edit]

  • cortex”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

cortex m (uncountable)

  1. cortex

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, extended from *(s)ker- (to cut).

Cognate with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, I cut off), English shear, German scheren, Albanian harr (to cut, to mow), Lithuanian skìrti (separate), Welsh ysgar (separate), Old Armenian քերեմ (kʿerem, to scrape, scratch).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cortex m or f (genitive corticis); third declension

  1. The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree; cork.
  2. The shell or outward part or covering of anything else; body.
  3. Life preserver (made of bark)
    • nāre sine cortice
      to need no more assistance
      (literally, “to swim without life preserver”)
      (proverb)

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cortex corticēs
Genitive corticis corticum
Dative corticī corticibus
Accusative corticem corticēs
Ablative cortice corticibus
Vocative cortex corticēs

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References[edit]

  • cortex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cortex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cortex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cortex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • cortex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French cortex, Latin cortex.

Noun[edit]

cortex n (plural cortexuri)

  1. cortex

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