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.

Anagrams

• Corum, Muroc, mucor

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Latin

Etymology

Perhaps individualizing n-stem derivative of a lost adjective *mūkro- "pointed, sharp", from a Proto-Italic *meuk-ro- or mouk-ro-, derivative of a Proto-Indo-European root *h₂meuk̂- also seen in Greek ἀμύσσω "I tear, rip" and ἀμυκάλαι "arrowtips" and perhaps also in Lithuanian mùšti "strike".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.kroː/, [ˈmuːkɾoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.kro/, [ˈmuːkɾɔ]

Noun

mūcrō m (genitive mūcrōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mūcrō	mūcrōnēs
Genitive	mūcrōnis	mūcrōnum
Dative	mūcrōnī	mūcrōnibus
Accusative	mūcrōnem	mūcrōnēs
Ablative	mūcrōne	mūcrōnibus
Vocative	mūcrō	mūcrōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: mugró
• English: mucro
• Portuguese: mucrão

References

• mucro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• mucro in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
• mucro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mucro in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
• mucro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898