cervix

See also: cérvix

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin cervīx ‎(“neck”), see below.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.vɪks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.vɪks/

Noun

cervix ‎(plural cervixes or cervices)

1. (anatomy) The neck
2. The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
3. The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

Derived terms

• cervical

Translations

neck — see neck

lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina

• Arabic: عُنُق اَلرَّحِم m ‎(ʿunuq ar-raḥim)

  Egyptian Arabic: عنق الرحم m ‎(ʕunuq er-raḥem)

• Armenian: արգանդի վզիկ ‎(argandi vzik)
• Catalan: cèrvix f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子宮頸 (zh), 子宫颈 (zh) ‎(zǐgōngjǐng)

• Czech: děložní čípek m
• Dutch: baarmoederhals (nl) f, cervix (nl) m
• Faroese: lívmóðurhálsur m
• Finnish: kohdunkaula
• French: col de l'utérus (fr) m
• German: Cervix uteri f, Cervix f, Zervix f
• Greek: τράχηλος (el) m ‎(tráchilos)
• Hindi: ग्रीवा (hi) f ‎(grīvā)
• Hungarian: méhnyak (hu)
• Ido: cervixo

• Irish: ceirbheacs m
• Italian: cervice (it) f, collo dell'utero m
• Japanese: 子宮頸部 ‎(しきゅうけいぶ, shikyū keibu)
• Latvian: dzemdes kakls m
• Maori: waha kōpū
• Marathi: योनिमार्ग m ‎(yonimarga), ग्रीवा (mr) f ‎(grīvā)
• Mongolian: умайн хүзүү ‎(umajn hüzüü)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: livmorhals m

  Nynorsk: livmorhals m

• Portuguese: cérvice f, cérvix (pt) f
• Russian: ше́йка ма́тки (ru) f ‎(šéjka mátki)
• Spanish: cérvix m
• Swedish: livmoderhals (sv) c
• Tagalog: liig-liigan
• Turkish: serviks (tr)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.vɪks/

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Etymology

From Latin cervīx, see below.

Noun

cervix m ‎(plural cervixen or cervices, diminutive cervixje n)

1. (anatomy) the neck
2. (anatomy) The cervix between the uterus and the vagina.

Synonyms

• (neck): nek, hals
• (uterus portion): baarmoederhals

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Latin

Etymology

Probably from earlier *ḱerh₁wih₂-s and akin to cerebrum ‎(“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₁- (reduced *ḱr̥h₁-).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈker.wiːks/, [ˈkɛr.wiːks]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.viks/, [t͡ʃer.viks], [t͡ʃɛr.viks]

Noun

cervīx f ‎(genitive cervīcis); third declension

1. (anatomy) The neck of a person or animal.
2. (by extension) The neck of an objects (e.g. bottle).
3. (figuratively) Boldness, headstrong behavior.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cervīx	cervīcēs
genitive	cervīcis	cervīcum
dative	cervīcī	cervīcibus
accusative	cervīcem	cervīcēs
ablative	cervīce	cervīcibus
vocative	cervīx	cervīcēs

Synonyms

• (neck): collum

Derived terms

• cervīcal
• cervīcātus
• cervīcōsus
• cervīcula

Descendants

• English: cervix
• Italian: cervice
• Portuguese: cerviz, cérvice, cérvix
• Romanian: cerbice
• Spanish: cerviz, cérvix

References

• cervix in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cervix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CERVIX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cervix in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to break a person's neck: cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuius
    
  • a sword hangs over his neck: gladius cervicibus impendet
    
  • the foe is at our heels, is upon us: hostis in cervicibus alicuius est
    
  • to shake off the yoke of slavery: iugum servile a cervicibus deicere (Phil. 1. 2. 6)