mucro
English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
mucro (plural mucros or mucrones)
- (botany, zoology) A pointed end, often sharp, abruptly terminating an organ, such as a projection at the tip of a leaf; the posterior tip of a cuttlebone; or the distal part of the furcula in Collembola.
Anagrams
- Corum, Muroc, mucor
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps individualizing n-stem derivative of a lost adjective *mūkro- (“pointed, sharp”), from a Proto-Italic *meuk-ro-, *mouk-ro-, derivative of a Proto-Indo-European root *h₂mewḱ-, also seen in Ancient Greek ἀμύσσω (amússō, “I tear, rip”), ἀμυκάλαι (amukálai, “arrowtips”), and perhaps also in Lithuanian mùšti (“strike”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.kroː/, [ˈmuːkroː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.kro/, [ˈmuːkro]
Noun
mūcrō m (genitive mūcrōnis); third declension
- A sharp point, especially the point of a sword.
- (figuratively) A sword.
- A sharp edge.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mūcrō | mūcrōnēs |
| Genitive | mūcrōnis | mūcrōnum |
| Dative | mūcrōnī | mūcrōnibus |
| Accusative | mūcrōnem | mūcrōnēs |
| Ablative | mūcrōne | mūcrōnibus |
| Vocative | mūcrō | mūcrōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: mugró
- English: mucro
- Portuguese: mucrão
References
- “mucro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mucro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mucro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mucro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “mucro”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers