cortex
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See also: córtex
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cortex (“cork, bark”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹtɛks/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːtɛks/
Noun[edit]
cortex (countable and uncountable, plural cortexes or cortices)
- (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
- (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
tissue of a stem or root
Further reading[edit]
- cortex at OneLook Dictionary Search
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
cortex m (uncountable)
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]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.teks/, [ˈkɔr.t̪ɛks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.teks/, [ˈkɔr.t̪ɛks]
Noun[edit]
cortex m (genitive corticis); third declension
- The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree; cork.
- The shell or outward part or covering of anything else; body.
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 |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
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, 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
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