carpus

See also: Carpus

English

Etymology

From New Latin carpus, from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.pəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.pəs/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pəs

Noun

carpus (plural carpi)

1. (anatomy) The group of bones that make up the wrist.

Derived terms

• carpal
• carpal bone
• carpel

Translations

the group of bones that make up the wrist

• Bulgarian: китка (bg) (kitka)
• Catalan: carp (ca) m
• Dutch: handwortelbeen (nl)
• French: carpe (fr) m
• German: Handwurzel (de) f, Carpus m
• Hungarian: kéztő (hu)
• Ido: karpo (io)
• Italian: carpo (it) m
• Portuguese: carpo (pt) m
• Russian: запя́стье (ru) n (zapjástʹje)
• Spanish: carpo (es) m
• Welsh: carpws (cy)

Anagrams

• arcs up, pucras

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pus/, [ˈkärpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pus/, [ˈkärpus]

Noun

carpus m (genitive carpī); second declension

1. (New Latin, anatomy) carpus, wrist
   • 1706, Philip Verheyen, Corporis humani anatomia, Tractatus VI Caput XIII, page 270:

     […] sic ut circa carpum appareant quatuor distincti tendines, qui per omnia quatuor digitorum internodia quadantenus extenduntur.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

Carpus is a New Latin term. Classical Latin had no specific word for “wrist”, as it was considered part of the manus, which included not only the hand but also the wrist and the distal part of the forearm. Aulus Cornelius Celsus explains Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós) as prīma palmae pars (literally “first part of the hand”); other expressions that can be used if necessary to differentiate the wrist from the rest of the hand are prīmōris manus (literally “foremost hand”) and articulus manūs (literally “joint of the hand”).

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	carpus	carpī
Genitive	carpī	carpōrum
Dative	carpō	carpīs
Accusative	carpum	carpōs
Ablative	carpō	carpīs
Vocative	carpe	carpī

Related terms

• carpālis

Descendants

• English: carpus