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verruca
verruca
English
Noun
verruca (plural verrucas or verrucae)
- (pathology) A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus.
- (mycology) A rounded projection or wart.
- (botany) A sexine element similar to a wart
Translations
wart
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wers-, from *wer- (“highland, high”). Cognate with varus, varix, Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top”), Old Irish ferr (“best”), Old High German riso (“giant”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /werˈruː.ka/, [wɛrˈruː.ka]
Noun
verrūca f (genitive verrūcae); first declension
- a steep place, height
- A wart on the human body.
- An excrescence on precious stones.
Declension
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | verrūca | verrūcae |
genitive | verrūcae | verrūcārum |
dative | verrūcae | verrūcīs |
accusative | verrūcam | verrūcās |
ablative | verrūcā | verrūcīs |
vocative | verrūca | verrūcae |
Derived terms
- verrucaria
- verrucula
Descendants
References
- verruca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- verruca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “verruca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.