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Viscus
‖
Vis′cus
,Noun.
pl.
Viscera
(#)
. [L., perhaps akin to E.
viscid
.] (Anat.)
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.
Definition 2024
viscus
viscus
English
Noun
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.
- Specifically, the intestines.
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- viscus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- viscus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- viscus at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin
Etymology
Unknown.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwis.kus/, [ˈwɪs.kʊs]
Noun
viscus n (genitive visceris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | viscus | viscera |
| genitive | visceris | viscerum |
| dative | viscerī | visceribus |
| accusative | viscus | viscera |
| ablative | viscere | visceribus |
| vocative | viscus | viscera |
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References
- viscus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- viscus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “viscus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill