English

Noun

cortex ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cortexes or cortices)

1. (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
2. (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

Derived terms

• cortical
• cerebral cortex
• prefrontal cortex

Translations

French

Noun

cortex m ‎(uncountable)

1. cortex

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, extended from *(s)ker- ‎(“to cut”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κείρω ‎(keírō, “I cut off”), English shear, German scheren, Albanian harr ‎(“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti ‎(“separate”), Welsh ysgar ‎(“separate”), Old Armenian քերեմ ‎(kʿerem, “to scrape, scratch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.teks/, [ˈkɔr.tɛks]

Noun

cortex m ‎(genitive corticis); third declension

1. The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree; cork.
2. The shell or outward part or covering of anything else; body.

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• cortex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cortex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CORTEX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cortex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• cortex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers