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Webster 1913 Edition

Tarsus

Tar′sus

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Tarsi
(#)
.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] the flat of the foot, the edge of the eyelid. Cf. 2d
Tarse
.]
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones.
(b)
A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; – called also
tarsal cartilage
, and
tarsal plate
.
2.
(Zool.)
The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tarsus

T`ARSUS

,
Noun.
That part of the foot to which the leg is articulated, the front of which is called the instep.

Definition 2024

Tarsus

Tarsus

See also: tarsus

English

Proper noun

Tarsus

  1. A city in Mersin province, Turkey, in Cilicia (Çukurova), near the Mediterranean coast.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταρσός ‎(Tarsós).

Proper noun

Tarsus f ‎(genitive Tarsī); second declension

  1. Tarsus, Cilicia

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Tarsus
genitive Tarsī
dative Tarsō
accusative Tarsum
ablative Tarsō
vocative Tarse
locative Tarsī

References

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See also: Tarsus

English

Noun

tarsus ‎(plural tarsi)

  1. (anatomy) The part of the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus.
  2. (anatomy) Any of the seven bones in this part of the foot.
  3. (anatomy) A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.
  4. (zoology) In insects and other arthropods, any of a series of articulations in the true foot; the last joint forming the foot in spiders.

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Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from Ancient Greek ταρσός ‎(tarsós, “the flat of the foot”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtar.sus/, [ˈtar.sʊs]

Noun

tarsus m ‎(genitive tarsī); second declension

  1. (flat part of the) foot

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tarsus tarsī
genitive tarsī tarsōrum
dative tarsō tarsīs
accusative tarsum tarsōs
ablative tarsō tarsīs
vocative tarse tarsī

Etymology

From Latin Tarsus, from Ancient Greek Ταρσός ‎(Tarsós).

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