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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inc?s (“anvil”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???.k?s/
• Rhymes: -??k?s

Noun

incus (plural incudes)

1. (anatomy) A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
   • 2010, Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th edition, page 576

     The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles […] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (mal?e-us; "hammer"); the incus (ing?kus; "anvil"); and the stapes (sta?p?z; "stirrup").

2. (meteorology) an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.

Synonyms

• (bone in the middle ear): anvil
• (cloud): anvil, thunderhead

Related terms

• incudal

Translations

Anagrams

• NICUs, U.S. Inc, usnic

Afrikaans

From Latin inc?s (“anvil”).

Noun

incus (plural incudes)

1. (anatomy) incus

Synonyms

• aambeeld

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.kys/

Noun

incus m (plural incus)

1. (anatomy) incus

Synonyms

• enclume

Latin

Etymology 1

From inc?d? (“forge, fabricate”), from in- + c?d?

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?in.ku?s/, [???ku?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?in.kus/, [?i?kus]

Noun

inc?s f (genitive inc?dis); third declension

1. anvil

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Etymology 2

New Latin; from Spanish, from Quechua inka (“emperor, male of royal blood”).

Adjective

incus (feminine inca, neuter incum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Incan

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Related terms

• Inca

References

• incus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• incus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• incus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• incus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

From Latin uncus (“hook”).

Noun

uncus (plural unci)

1. (zoology) A hook or claw.
2. (anatomy) Hence, any body part which is long, thin, and curved.
3. (neuroanatomy) Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe; also called the uncinate gyrus or uncus gyri parahippocampalis.

Related terms

• uncous

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *onkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ónkos (“hook”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ????? (ónkos) and Sanskrit ???? (a?ká).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?un.kus/, [???k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?un.kus/, [?u?kus]

Noun

uncus m (genitive unc?); second declension

1. hook, barb
2. a hook used to drag criminals by the neck
3. (medicine) a surgical instrument

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (hook, barb): unc?nus

Derived terms

• uncifer (New Latin)

Descendants

• Translingual: Uncifera

Adjective

uncus (feminine unca, neuter uncum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hooked, curved, barbed
2. crooked, bent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

• aduncus

Related terms

• unc?ti?
• unc?tus
• unc?nus

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