hiulcus

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain, perhaps from an adjective *hiulus or a verb *hiulō + -cus, from hiō; compare petulcus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hiˈʊɫ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈul.kus] === Adjective === hiulcus (feminine hiulca, neuter hiulcum, adverb hiulcē); first/second-declension adjective gaping, split, cleft, opened, open; cracked Synonyms: fissilis, scissus (poetic) cleaving, splitting, destroying (figuratively, rhetoric) not well connected, forming a hiatus, disconnected (figuratively, rare) eager, longing, desirous Synonyms: appetēns, avidus, cupiēns, cupidus Antonyms: incūriōsus, neglegēns ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== === 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.