mucro
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mucro (plural mucros or mucrones)
- (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[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
mūcrō m (genitive mūcrōnis); third declension
- A sharp point, especially the point of a sword.
- (figuratively) A sword.
- A sharp edge.
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- 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
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