viscus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin viscus (“any internal organ of the body”), perhaps akin to viscid.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
viscus (plural viscera)
- (anatomy) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
- (anatomy, specifically) The intestines.
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Translations[edit]
organ in the abdomen
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “viscus” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “viscus” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- viscus at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of unclear origin;[1] possibly Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to turn, rotate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vīscus n (genitive vīsceris); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vīscus | vīscera |
| Genitive | vīsceris | vīscerum |
| Dative | vīscerī | vīsceribus |
| Accusative | vīscus | vīscera |
| Ablative | vīscere | vīsceribus |
| Vocative | vīscus | vīscera |
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- “viscus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “viscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- viscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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