iliacus

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See also: Iliacus

English

Pronunciation

Noun

iliacus (plural iliaci)

  1. (anatomy) A flat triangular muscle that fills the iliac fossa.

Latin

Etymology

From īle.

Pronunciation

Adjective

īliacus (feminine īliaca, neuter īliacum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. colicky (suffering from colic)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īliacus īliaca īliacum īliacī īliacae īliaca
Genitive īliacī īliacae īliacī īliacōrum īliacārum īliacōrum
Dative īliacō īliacō īliacīs
Accusative īliacum īliacam īliacum īliacōs īliacās īliaca
Ablative īliacō īliacā īliacō īliacīs
Vocative īliace īliaca īliacum īliacī īliacae īliaca

Descendants

  • Catalan: ilíac
  • English: iliac
  • French: iliaque
  • Italian: iliaco

References

  • iliacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • iliacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.