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Webster 1913 Edition
Carpus
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Car′pus
(kär′pŭs)
, Noun.
pl.
Carpi
(kär′pī)
. [NL., fr. Gr.
καρπόσ
wrist.] (Anat.)
The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.
Webster 1828 Edition
Carpus
CARPUS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Carpus
Carpus
See also: carpus
Latin
Proper noun
Carpus m (genitive Carpī); second declension
- the name of a carver
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Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Carpus |
| genitive | Carpī |
| dative | Carpō |
| accusative | Carpum |
| ablative | Carpō |
| vocative | Carpe |
References
- Carpus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Carpus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 269/1.