different between uncous vs uncus

English

Etymology

From Latin uncus.

Adjective

uncous (comparative more uncous, superlative most uncous)

1. (rare) Curved or hook-shaped.
   • 1658: And contemplating the calicular shafts, and uncous disposure of their extremities, so accommodable unto the office of abstersion, not condemne as wholly improbable the conceit of those who accept it for the herbe Borith. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 180)

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