uncinus

English

Cirrus uncinus cloud formations.

Etymology

From Latin uncīnus (“hook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈsaɪ.nəs/
• Rhymes: -aɪnəs

Noun

uncinus (plural uncini)

1. (meteorology) A cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations. Associated only with cirrus formations.
2. (paleontology) The curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles.

Related terms

• unciform

Translations

cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, with hooked terminations

• Finnish: jalaspilvi

(paleontology) curved tip of the hooks associated with belemnite tentacles

References

• AMS Glossary of Meteorology

Anagrams

• nuncius

Latin

duō uncīnī (two hooks)

Etymology

Diminutive of uncus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ʊŋˈkiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [un̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.nus]

Noun

uncīnus m (genitive uncīnī); second declension

1. hook, barb

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	uncīnus	uncīnī
genitive	uncīnī	uncīnōrum
dative	uncīnō	uncīnīs
accusative	uncīnum	uncīnōs
ablative	uncīnō	uncīnīs
vocative	uncīne	uncīnī

Derived terms

• uncātus
• uncīnātus
• uncīnulus

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: unchinu, uncinu
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: ancinu, oncinu, uncinu
  • Italian: oncino, uncino

Through Vulgar Latin *incīnus:

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: anciño, enciño
  • Portuguese: ancinho, encinho, incinho, inxinho
• Borrowings:
  • → English: uncinus

References

• “uncinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press