hiulcus

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Latin

Etymology

From hiō (yawn, gape).

Pronunciation

Adjective

hiulcus (feminine hiulca, neuter hiulcum, adverb hiulcē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. gaping, split, cleft, opened, open; cracked
  2. (poetic) destroying, cleaving
  3. (figuratively) not well connected, forming a hiatus, disconnected
  4. (figuratively) eager, longing, desirous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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References

  • hiulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hiulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hiulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.