cervix
See also: cérvix
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin cervīx (“neck”), see below.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)
- (anatomy) The neck
- The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
- The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
neck — see neck
lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin cervīx, see below.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cervix m (plural cervixen or cervices, diminutive cervixje n)
Synonyms[edit]
- (neck): nek, hals
- (uterus portion): baarmoederhals
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head”) and *weyk- (“to bend”), "where the head turns", whence cerebrum and vinciō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cervīx f (genitive cervīcis); third declension
- (anatomy) The neck of a person or animal.
- (by extension) The neck of an objects (e.g. bottle).
- (figuratively) Boldness, headstrong behavior.
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | cervīx | cervīcēs |
genitive | cervīcis | cervīcum |
dative | cervīcī | cervīcibus |
accusative | cervīcem | cervīcēs |
ablative | cervīce | cervīcibus |
vocative | cervīx | cervīcēs |
Synonyms[edit]
- (neck): collum
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- cervix in Charlton T. Lewis and 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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)
- to break a person's neck: cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuius
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