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English
Etymology
From Latin uncus (“hook”).
Noun
uncus (plural unci)
- (zoology) A hook or claw.
- (anatomy) Hence, any body part which is long, thin, and curved.
- (neuroanatomy) Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe; also called the uncinate gyrus or uncus gyri parahippocampalis.
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *onkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos (“hook”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos) and Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅká).
Pronunciation
Noun
uncus m (genitive uncī); second declension
- hook, barb
- a hook used to drag criminals by the neck
- (medicine) a surgical instrument
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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Adjective
uncus (feminine unca, neuter uncum); first/second-declension adjective
- hooked, curved, barbed
- crooked, bent
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “uncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “uncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- uncus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.