hiulcus

Latin

Etymology

From hiō (“yawn, gape”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

hiulcus (feminine hiulca, neuter hiulcum, adverb hiulcē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. gaping, split, cleft, opened, open; cracked
  2. (poetic) destroying, cleaving
  3. (figuratively) not well connected, forming a hiatus, disconnected
  4. (figuratively) eager, longing, desirous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative hiulcus hiulca hiulcum hiulcī hiulcae hiulca
genitive hiulcī hiulcae hiulcī hiulcōrum hiulcārum hiulcōrum
dative hiulcō hiulcae hiulcō hiulcīs
accusative hiulcum hiulcam hiulcum hiulcōs hiulcās hiulca
ablative hiulcō hiulcā hiulcō hiulcīs
vocative hiulce hiulca hiulcum hiulcī hiulcae hiulca

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References

  • “hiulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hiulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hiulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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