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Crus
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Crus
(kr?s)
, Noun.
pl.
Crura
(kr[GREEK]′r[GREEK])
. [L., the leg.]
(Anat.)
(a)
That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.
(b)
Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs;
as, the
. crura
of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri
, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrainDefinition 2024
crus
crus
See also: crûs
French
Adjective
crus
- masculine plural of cru
Verb
crus m pl
- masculine plural of the past participle of croire
Latin
Etymology
Unclear. Maybe related to Old Armenian սրունք (srunkʿ, “leg, shank”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kruːs/
Noun
crūs n (genitive crūris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | crūs | crūra |
| genitive | crūris | crūrum |
| dative | crūrī | crūribus |
| accusative | crūs | crūra |
| ablative | crūre | crūribus |
| vocative | crūs | crūra |
References
- crus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- crus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CRUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “crus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- crus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill