verruca
English
Etymology
From Latin verrūca.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /vəˈɹuːkə/, (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛˈɹuːkə/
- Rhymes: -uːkə
Noun
verruca (plural verrucas or verrucae)
- (pathology) A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus.
- (mycology) A rounded projection or wart.
- (botany) A sexine element similar to a wart.
Translations
wart
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin verruca.
Noun
verruca f (plural verruche)
- (medicine) verruca
Anagrams
- curvare, curverà
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wers-, from *wer- (“highland, high”). Cognate with varus, varix, Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top”), Old Irish ferr (“best”), Old High German riso (“giant”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /werˈruː.ka/, [wɛrˈruː.ka]
Noun
verrūca f (genitive verrūcae); first declension
- a steep place, height
- A wart on the human body.
- An excrescence on precious stones.
Declension
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | verrūca | verrūcae |
Genitive | verrūcae | verrūcārum |
Dative | verrūcae | verrūcīs |
Accusative | verrūcam | verrūcās |
Ablative | verrūcā | verrūcīs |
Vocative | verrūca | verrūcae |
Derived terms
- verrucaria
- verrucula
Descendants
- English: verrucose
- French: verrue
- Italian: verruca
- Norman: véthue (Jersey)
- Portuguese: berruga, verruga
- Romanian: beregată, verucă
- Spanish: verruga
- Translingual: Verruca
References
- verruca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- verruca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- verruca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette