mucro

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

mucro (plural mucros or mucrones)

1. (botany, zoology) A pointed end, often sharp, abruptly terminating an organ, such as a projection at the tip of a leaf; the posterior tip of a cuttlebone; or the distal part of the furcula in Collembola.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύκρον (múkron, “sharp point”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.kroː/, [ˈmʊ.kroː]

Noun

mucrō m (genitive mucrōnis); third declension

1. A sharp point, especially the point of a sword.
2. (figuratively) A sword.
3. A sharp edge.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mucrō	mucrōnēs
genitive	mucrōnis	mucrōnum
dative	mucrōnī	mucrōnibus
accusative	mucrōnem	mucrōnēs
ablative	mucrōne	mucrōnibus
vocative	mucrō	mucrōnēs

Descendants

• English: mucro
• Portuguese: mucrão

References

• mucro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mucro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “mucro”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “mucro” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• mucro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers