hiulcus

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Latin

Etymology

From hiō (“yawn, gape”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	hiulcus	hiulca	hiulcum		hiulcī	hiulcae	hiulca
genitive	hiulcī	hiulcae	hiulcī		hiulcōrum	hiulcārum	hiulcōrum
dative	hiulcō	hiulcae	hiulcō		hiulcīs
accusative	hiulcum	hiulcam	hiulcum		hiulcōs	hiulcās	hiulca
ablative	hiulcō	hiulcā	hiulcō		hiulcīs
vocative	hiulce	hiulca	hiulcum		hiulcī	hiulcae	hiulca

Synonyms

(eager, desirous): appetēns, avidus, cupiēns, cupidus

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “desirous, eager”): incūriōsus, neglegēns

Derived terms

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.

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