different between arcuate vs arcus

English

Etymology

Latin arcuatus.

Adjective

arcuate (comparative more arcuate, superlative most arcuate)

1. curved into the shape of a bow

   arcuate stalks

Derived terms

• arcuate fasciculus
• periarcuate

Translations

Italian

Verb

arcuate

1. second-person plural present indicative of arcuare
2. second-person plural imperative of arcuare
3. feminine plural of arcuato

Anagrams

• rutacea

Latin

Verb

arcu?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of arcu?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arcus. Doublet of arc and arco. Distantly related to arrow.

Noun

arcus (plural arc?s)

1. (medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
2. (meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
3. (entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
4. (palynology) An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore

Related terms

• arc
• arcuate
• arcus juvenilis
• arcus senilis

Translations

Anagrams

• Curas, carus, scaur

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?erk?o- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate to Old English earh, whence English arrow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ar.kus/, [?ärk?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ar.kus/, [??rkus]

Noun

arcus m (genitive arc?s); fourth declension

1. arc, arch
2. bow (arc-shaped weapon used for archery)
3. rainbow

Declension

Fourth-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ubus).

Derived terms

Related terms

• arcu?tus

Descendants

See also

• discus
• sagitta

References

• arcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arcus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arcus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• arcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• arcus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arcus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• arcus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin