different between cornea vs arcus

English

Etymology

From Latin cornea tela (“horny tissue”), from cornu (“horn”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??(?)ni.?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ni?

Noun

cornea (plural corneas or (archaic) corneæ)

1. (anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.

Derived terms

• corneal

Translations

See also

• iris
• pupil
• sclera

Anagrams

• Carone, canoer, ceroan, earcon

Italian

Noun

cornea f (plural cornee)

1. (anatomy) cornea

Derived terms

• corneale

Adjective

cornea

1. feminine singular of corneo

Anagrams

• ancore
• canore
• careno, carenò
• carneo
• cerano, c'erano
• creano
• nocerà
• recano

Latin

Adjective

cornea

1. nominative feminine singular of corneus
2. nominative neuter plural of corneus
3. accusative neuter plural of corneus
4. vocative feminine singular of corneus
5. nominative neuter plural of corneus

Adjective

corne?

1. ablative feminine singular of corneus

References

• cornea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Verb

cornea

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cornear.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cornear.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cornear.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arcus. Doublet of arc and arco. Distantly related to arrow.

Noun

arcus (plural arc?s)

1. (medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
2. (meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
3. (entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
4. (palynology) An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore

Related terms

• arc
• arcuate
• arcus juvenilis
• arcus senilis

Translations

Anagrams

• Curas, carus, scaur

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?erk?o- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate to Old English earh, whence English arrow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ar.kus/, [?ärk?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ar.kus/, [??rkus]

Noun

arcus m (genitive arc?s); fourth declension

1. arc, arch
2. bow (arc-shaped weapon used for archery)
3. rainbow

Declension

Fourth-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ubus).

Derived terms

Related terms

• arcu?tus

Descendants

See also

• discus
• sagitta

References

• arcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arcus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arcus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• arcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• arcus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arcus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• arcus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin