corpus

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Terza declinazione, neutro
  singolare plurale
nominativo corpus corporă
genitivo corporĭs corporŭm
dativo corporī corporĭbŭs
accusativo corpus corporă
vocativo corpus corporă
ablativo corporĕ corporĭbŭs

corpus n sing, terza declinazione (genitivo: corporis)

  1. corpo
  2. (per metonimia) persona, essere umano, individuo
  3. cadavere, salma
  4. (per estensione) corpo, struttura, organizzazione, comunità
  5. (per estensione), (letteratura) "corpus", insieme di opere scritte
  6. (fisica), (filosofia) corpo, massa
cŏr | pŭs
  • (pronuncia classica) IPA: /ˈkor.pus/
  • (pronuncia ecclesiastica) IPA: /ˈkor.pus/

dal proto-italico *krépos, a sua volta dalla radice del proto-indoeuropeo *krep-, "corpo"

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