verruca

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English

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Etymology

From Latin verrūca.

Pronunciation

Noun

verruca (plural verrucas or verrucae)

  1. (pathology) A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus.
  2. (mycology) A rounded projection or wart.
  3. (botany) A sexine element similar to a wart.

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Etymology

From Latin verruca.

Noun

verruca f (plural verruche)

  1. (medicine) verruca

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wers-, from *wer- (“highland, high”). Cognate with varus, varix, Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top”), Old Irish ferr (“best”), Old High German riso (“giant”).

Pronunciation

Noun

verrūca f (genitive verrūcae); first declension

  1. a steep place, height
  2. A wart on the human body.
  3. An excrescence on precious stones.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative verrūca verrūcae
Genitive verrūcae verrūcārum
Dative verrūcae verrūcīs
Accusative verrūcam verrūcās
Ablative verrūcā verrūcīs
Vocative verrūca verrūcae

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References

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