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Cervix
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Cer′vix
,Noun.
pl. E.
Cervixes
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, L. Cervices
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. [L.]
(Anat.)
The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of
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cervix
cervix
See also: cérvix
English
Noun
cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)
- (anatomy) The neck
- The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
- The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the ****.
Derived terms
Translations
neck — see neck
lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the ****
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.vɪks/
Etymology
Noun
cervix m (plural cervixen or cervices, diminutive cervixje n)
Synonyms
- (neck): nek, hals
- (uterus portion): baarmoederhals
Latin
Etymology
Probably from earlier *ḱerh₁wih₂-s and akin to cerebrum (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₁- (reduced *ḱr̥h₁-).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈker.wiːks/, [ˈkɛr.wiːks]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.viks/, [t͡ʃer.viks], [t͡ʃɛr.viks]
Noun
cervīx f (genitive cervīcis); third declension
- (anatomy) The neck of a person or animal.
- (by extension) The neck of an objects (e.g. bottle).
- (figuratively) Boldness, headstrong behavior.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cervīx | cervīcēs |
| genitive | cervīcis | cervīcum |
| dative | cervīcī | cervīcibus |
| accusative | cervīcem | cervīcēs |
| ablative | cervīce | cervīcibus |
| vocative | cervīx | cervīcēs |
Synonyms
- (neck): collum
Derived terms
- cervīcal
- cervīcātus
- cervīcōsus
- cervīcula
Descendants
- English: cervix
- Italian: cervice
- Portuguese: cerviz, cérvice, cérvix
- Romanian: cerbice
- Spanish: cerviz, cérvix
References
- cervix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cervix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CERVIX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cervix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to break a person's neck: cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuius
- a sword hangs over his neck: gladius cervicibus impendet
- the foe is at our heels, is upon us: hostis in cervicibus alicuius est
- to shake off the yoke of slavery: iugum servile a cervicibus deicere (Phil. 1. 2. 6)
- to break a person's neck: cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuius