different between crus vs cruts

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cr?s.

Noun

crus (plural crura)

1. The shin (tibia and fibula)
2. A leglike part; shank

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

crus

1. plural of cru

Anagrams

• RUCs, curs, rucs, scur, sucr-

Catalan

Adjective

crus

1. masculine plural of cru

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

crus (m-p)

1. masculine plural of cru

Verb

crus m pl

1. masculine plural of the past participle of croire

Latin

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *?ruH- based on Old Armenian ?????? (srunk?, “leg, shank”). However, other etymologies have been proposed for the Armenian word, such as a loan from Iranian *sraun- (cf. Avestan ????????????????????????? (sraoni)) among others.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kru?s/, [k?u?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /krus/, [k?us]

Noun

cr?s n (genitive cr?ris); third declension

1. leg

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• cr?r?lis (Late Latin)
• gall?cr?s

References

Further reading

• crus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• crus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• crus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norman

Verb

crus

1. first-person singular preterite of craithe

Portuguese

Adjective

crus

1. masculine plural of cru

English

Noun

cruts

1. plural of crut

Anagrams

• crust, curst, curts