uncus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin uncus (“hook”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === uncus (plural unci) (zoology) A hook or claw. (anatomy, by extension) Any body part which is long, thin, and curved. (neuroanatomy) Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe. Synonyms: uncinate gyrus, uncus gyri parahippocampalis ==== Derived terms ==== sliding uncus syndrome ==== Related terms ==== uncous == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *onkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos (“hook”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos) and Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅká). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊŋ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuŋ.kus] === Noun === uncus m (genitive uncī); second declension hook, barb a hook used to drag criminals by the neck (medicine) a surgical instrument ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (hook, barb): uncīnus ==== Derived terms ==== uncifer (New Latin) ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Uncifera === Adjective === uncus (feminine unca, neuter uncum); first/second-declension adjective hooked, curved, barbed crooked, bent ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== aduncus obuncus === Related terms === uncātiō uncātus uncīnus === 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.