ulcus

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ulcus (“sore”)

Noun

ulcus

1. (palynology) A rounded, pore-like aperture at either pole of a pollen grain.

Derived terms

• ulcerate
• ulculus

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Latin

Etymology

From earlier *olcos, from Proto-Italic *elkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elk- (“wound, illness, ulcer”) (compare Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Old Norse illr (“bad, sick”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈul.kus/, [ˈʊɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.kus/, [ˈulkus]

Noun

ulcus n (genitive ulceris); third declension

1. sore, ulcer, wound

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ulcus	ulcera
Genitive	ulceris	ulcerum
Dative	ulcerī	ulceribus
Accusative	ulcus	ulcera
Ablative	ulcere	ulceribus
Vocative	ulcus	ulcera

Descendants

• French: ulcère
• Italian: ulcera
• Spanish: úlcera

See also

• vulnus
• ulcus cruris

References

• “ulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.