icterus
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See also: Icterus
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin icterus, from the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”).
Noun[edit]
icterus (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
(medicine) An excess of bile pigments in the blood
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”, “a bird of a yellowish-green colour, perhaps the golden oriole”), of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly related to ἴκτις (íktis, “weasel”), ἴκτινος (íktinos), or of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈik.te.rus/, [ˈɪkt̪ɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈik.te.rus/, [ˈikt̪erus]
Noun[edit]
icterus m (genitive icterī); second declension
- a yellow bird, otherwise unknown, the sight of which was said to cure jaundice; perhaps loriot, golden oriole
Usage notes[edit]
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | icterus | icterī |
Genitive | icterī | icterōrum |
Dative | icterō | icterīs |
Accusative | icterum | icterōs |
Ablative | icterō | icterīs |
Vocative | ictere | icterī |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “ictĕrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ictĕrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 765/1.
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